Central T cell tolerance: Identification of tissue-restricted autoantigens in the thymus HLA-DR peptidome

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-19

  Alvarez, Iñaki ^a   Collado, Javier A ^a   Colobran, Roger ^a,b   Carrascal, Montserrat ^a   Ciudad, M Teresa ^a   Canals, Françesc ^b   James, Eddie A ^c   Kwok, William W ^c   Gärtner, Martina ^d   Kyewski, Bruno ^d   Pujol Borrell, Ricardo ^a,b   Jaraquemada, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantigens; Human; MHC; Peptides; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SEMG1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; AXONIN 1; CNTN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDOMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMISCUOUS GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYMUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NEWBORN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACTIN 2; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF TOLERANCE; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931011608     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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