Article
Availability of autoantigenic epitopes controls phenotype, severity, and penetrance in TCR Tg autoimmune gastritis.
European journal of immunology - 1 Dec 2008
Levin Ditza, DiPaolo Richard J, Brinster Carine, Revilleza Maria Jamela R, Boyd Lisa F, Teyton Luc, Natarajan Kannan, Mage Michael G, Shevach Ethan M, Margulies David H
Abstract excerpt
We examined TCR:MHC/peptide interactions and in vivo epitope availability to explore the Th1- or Th2-like phenotype of autoimmune disease in two TCR Tg mouse models of autoimmune gastritis (AIG). The TCR of strains A23 and A51 recognize distinct IA(d)-restricted peptides from the gastric parietal cell H/K-ATPase. Both peptides form extremely stable MHC/peptide (MHC/p) complexes. All A23 animals develop a Th1-like...
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