Positive-selection-inducing self-peptides displayed by cortical thymic epithelial cells

Advances in Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-110

  Takada, Kensuke ^a   Takahama, Yousuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cathepsin L; Cortical thymic epithelial cell; Peptide MHC complex; Positive selection; T cell; T cell repertoire; TCR; TCR affinity; Thymoproteasome; Thymus; Thymus specific serine protease; 5t

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; PEPTIDE; PROTEASOME; SELF PEPTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POSITIVE SELECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOPHAGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84922265258     PISSN: 00652776     EISSN: 15578445     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ai.2014.09.003     Document Type: Chapter

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