CD24 on thymic APCs regulates negative selection of myelin antigen-specific T lymphocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 924-935

  Zhang, Xuejun ^a,b   Liu, Jin Qing ^a   Shi, Yun ^c   Reid, Hugh H ^d   Boyd, Richard L ^d   Khattabi, Mazin ^a   El Omrani, Hani Y ^a   Zheng, Pan ^e   Liu, Yang ^e   Bai, Xue Feng ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD4 + T Cell; TCR; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CD24 ANTIGEN; MYELIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD24; AUTOANTIGENS; CLONAL DELETION; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84860242473     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142024     Document Type: Article

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