Article
Threshold tolerance in H-2Kb-specific TCR transgenic mice expressing mutant H-2Kb: conversion of helper-independent to helper-dependent CTL.
International immunology - 1 Dec 1992
Auphan N, Jézo-Brémond A, Schönrich G, Hämmerling G, Arnold B, Malissen B, Schmitt-Verhulst A M
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the role of the structure of the class I molecule and associated peptide(s) in intrathymic selection and tolerance, mice expressing as a transgene (tg) a TCR specific for the H-2Kb alloantigen were crossed with mice expressing the mutant class I molecule H-2Kbm1 or H-2Kbm8. In H-2k/k TCR tg mice (in a situation of exclusive positive selection), peripheral tg TCR expressing (Ti+) CD8+ T cells showed...
Topics
- Animals
- CD8 Antigens
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Crosses, Genetic
- H-2 Antigens
- Immune Tolerance
- Interleukin-2
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
