A mouse model of clonal CD8 + T lymphocyte-mediated alopecia areata progressing to alopecia universalis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 477-486

  Alli, Rajshekhar ^a   Nguyen, Phuong ^a   Boyd, Kelli ^a,b   Sundberg, John P ^c   Geiger, Terrence L ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45RB ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR10; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; L SELECTIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MYELIN; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; RAG1 PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ALOPECIA TOTALIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD69+ T CELL; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HAIR REGROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 84855416117     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100657     Document Type: Article

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