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T helper 1 (Th1) functional phenotype of human myelin basic protein-specific T lymphocytes.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1993
Voskuhl R R, Martin R, Bergman C, Dalal M, Ruddle N H, McFarland H F
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is widely accepted as an autoimmune disease with myelin basic protein (MBP) a candidate autoantigen. In the current report, human T cell lines specific for an immunodominant region of MBP were shown to have a functional phenotype similar to T helper 1 (Th1) inflammatory cells of the mouse on the basis of their antigen-specific cytotoxic activity and production of interferon-gamma and...
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