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Isolation of T-cell clones with specificity for arterial antigen from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Dec 1993
Ofosu-Appiah W, Ruggiero C, Huang L Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: It has been postulated that hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) results from autoimmune damage to the SHR vasculature. The objective of this study was to isolate autoreactive T-cells specific for arterial antigens, and to characterize these cells. DESIGN: The presence of autoreactive T-cells in the SHR has not been studied previously. Lymphocytes were isolated from spleens obtained...
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