Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein induces incomplete tolerance of CD4+ T cells specific for both a myelin and a neuronal self-antigen in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2247-2259

  Lucca, Liliana E ^a,b,c   Axisa, Pierre Paul ^a,b,c   Aloulou, Meryem ^a,b,c   Perals, Corine ^a,b,c   Ramadan, Abdulraouf ^a,b,c   Rufas, Pierre ^a,b,c   Kyewski, Bruno ^d   Derbinski, Jens ^d   Fazilleau, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Mars, Lennart T ^a,b,c   Liblau, Roland S ^a,b,c,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c University of Toulouse III   (France)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Central nervous system; Polyspecificity; Tolerance; T cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MYELIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

EID: 84985916839     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646416     Document Type: Article

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