Identification of Natural Regulatory T Cell Epitopes Reveals Convergence on a Dominant Autoantigen

Immunity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 107-117.e8

  Leonard, John D ^a   Gilmore, Dana C ^a   Dileepan, Thamotharampillai ^b   Nawrocka, Wioletta I ^a   Chao, Jaime L ^a   Schoenbach, Mary H ^a   Jenkins, Marc K ^b   Adams, Erin J ^a   Savage, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aire; autoantibodies; autoantigens; autoimmune regulator; autoimmunity; immune tolerance; prostate cancer; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; LIGAND; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROSTATE PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 85022006224     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.06.015     Document Type: Article

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