Breakdown of immune privilege and spontaneous autoimmunity in mice expressing a transgenic T cell receptor specific for a retinal autoantigen

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-33

  Horai, Reiko ^a   Silver, Phyllis B ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Agarwal, Rajeev K ^a,c   Chong, Wai Po ^a   Jittayasothorn, Yingyos ^a   Mattapallil, Mary J ^a   Nguyen, Sonia ^a   Natarajan, Kannan ^b   Villasmil, Rafael ^a   Wang, Peng ^a,d   Karabekian, Zaruhi ^a,e   Lytton, Simon D ^a,f   Chan, Chi Chao ^a   Caspi, Rachel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SeraDiaLogistics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune uveitis; Immune privilege; Spontaneous disease; TCR transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; RETINAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE UVEITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84881368109     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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