Cumulative autoimmunity: T cell clones recognizing several self-epitopes exhibit enhanced pathogenicity

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Liblau, Roland S ^a,b,c   Wekerle, Hartmut ^d   Tisch, Roland M ^e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c France   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; GAD; MOG; Multiple sclerosis; T cell; TCR; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873315606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00047     Document Type: Short Survey

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