Suppressed clinical experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in bm12 mice is linked to reduced intracellular calcium mobilization and IL-10 and IFN-gamma release by acetylcholine receptor-specific T cells.

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Class II MHC mutant bm12 mice have an increased resistance to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) compared to C57BL/6 mice. In vitro, this relative resistance was mainly associated with a reduced cytokine response to acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and its dominant pathogenic peptide alpha 146-162, whereas the response to the epitope alpha 111-126 remained intact. Calcium mobilization after stimulation...

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