Protective antibodies develop, and murine Lyme arthritis regresses, in the absence of MHC class II and CD4+ T cells.
Fikrig E, Barthold SW, Chen M, Chang CH, Flavell RA. Protective antibodies develop, and murine Lyme arthritis regresses, in the absence of MHC class II and CD4+ T cells. The Journal Of Immunology 1997, 159: 5682-6. PMID: 9548512, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.159.11.5682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMHC class IIT cellsClass IINaive C3H/HeN miceC3H/HeN miceC57/BL6 miceCIITA-deficient miceRegression of arthritisResolution of arthritisResolution of carditisDevelopment of arthritisMurine Lyme borreliosisMHC class II transactivatorClass II moleculesClass II transactivatorIgG2b AbsProtective antibodiesBL6 miceHeN miceDeficient miceProtective AbsSCID micePersistent infectionArthritisCD4 repertoire
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