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Complementarity-determining region 3 spectratyping analysis of the TCR repertoire in multiple sclerosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 May 2003
Matsumoto Yoh, Yoon Wong Kee, Jee Youngheun, Fujihara Kazuo, Misu Tatsuro, Sato Shigeru, Nakashima Ichiro, Itoyama Yasuto
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to be an autoimmune disease mediated by T cells reactive with Ags in the CNS. Therefore, it has been postulated that neuroantigen-reactive T cells bearing particular types of TCRs are expanded clonally during the course of the disease. However, there is a controversy with regard to the TCR usage by T cells associated with the development of MS. By the use of...
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