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Positive selection of a Qa-1-restricted T cell receptor with specificity for insulin.
Immunity - 1 Jul 2002
Sullivan Barbara A, Kraj Piotr, Weber Dominique A, Ignatowicz Leszek, Jensen Peter E
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype and development of T cells from transgenic mice expressing a T cell receptor with specificity for insulin presented by the MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1(b) was investigated. Peripheral T cells from the transgenic mice express CD8 and, after activation, kill Qa-1(b)-positive lymphoid target cells in the presence of soluble insulin. Thymic selection requires expression of Qa-1(b) but not the dominant...
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