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Cutting edge: myelin basic protein-specific cytotoxic T cell tolerance is maintained in vivo by a single dominant epitope in H-2k mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 1999
Huseby E S, Ohlén C, Goverman J
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to be an autoimmune disease mediated by T cells specific for CNS Ags. MS lesions contain both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes. The contribution of CD4+ T cells to CNS autoimmune disease has been extensively studied in an animal model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. However, little is known about the role of autoreactive CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in MS or experimental...
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