Antigen presentation, autoantigens, and immune regulation in multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Riedhammer, Christine ^a   Weissert, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Autoantigen; Autoimmune disease; B cell; HLA; MHC; Multiple sclerosis; T cell

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; AMPA RECEPTOR; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIGEN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSALDOLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYNOVITIS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH22 CELL; TH9 CELL;

EID: 84935079207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00322     Document Type: Review

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