Article
Parental genes do not codominantly confer susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in F1 rats.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Mar 2001
Lenz D C, Wolf N A, Swanborg R H
Abstract excerpt
Lewis (LEW) and DA rats are highly susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced with guinea pig myelin basic protein (MBP), but respond to different epitopes. The dominant epitope for LEW rats is MBP73-86, and disease is mediated primarily by Vbeta8.2 Th1 cells. DA rats lack conventional Vbeta8.2 T cells and do not respond to MBP73-86. Rather, DA rats respond to the cryptic epitope...
Topics
- Adoptive Transfer
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Cell Division
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunodominant Epitopes
- In Vitro Techniques
