Self-reactive human CD4 T cell clones form unusual immunological synapses

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-352

  Schubert, A David ^a   Gordo, Susana ^a   Sabatino, Joseph J ^c   Vardhana, Santosh ^d   Gagnon, Etienne ^a   Sethi, Dhruv K ^a   Seth, Nilufer P ^a   Choudhuri, Kaushik ^d   Reijonen, Helena ^e   Nepom, Gerald T ^e   Evavold, Brian D ^c   Dustin, Michael L ^d   Wucherpfennig, Kai W ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIPID BILAYER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

EID: 84856874763     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20111485     Document Type: Article

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