Macroautophagy substrates are loaded onto MHC class II of medullary thymic epithelial cells for central tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-300

  Aichinger, Martin ^a   Wu, Chunyan ^a   Nedjic, Jelena ^a   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME C; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS EPITHELIAL CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOPHAGY; AVIAN PROTEINS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CENTRAL TOLERANCE; CLONAL DELETION; COLUMBIDAE; CYTOCHROMES C; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874565064     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20122149     Document Type: Article

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