1995
A Review of T‐Cell Receptors in Multiple Sclerosis: Clonal Expansion and Persistence of Human T‐Cells Specific for an Immunodominant Myelin Basic Protein Peptidea
WUCHERPFENNIG K, HAFLER D. A Review of T‐Cell Receptors in Multiple Sclerosis: Clonal Expansion and Persistence of Human T‐Cells Specific for an Immunodominant Myelin Basic Protein Peptidea. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1995, 756: 241-258. PMID: 7544075, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb44522.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunodominant MBP peptidesT cell clonesMBP peptidesImmune responseNormal subjectsMBP-specific T cell clonesIndividual multiple sclerosis patientsTCR beta-chain usageMBP-specific T cellsTCR V beta chainsDR2 haplotypeSpecific T cell clonesBeta-chain usageT cell responsesAntigen-specific therapyMultiple sclerosis patientsSpecific T cellsDifferent T-cell linesT Cells SpecificIdentical TCR sequencesT cell receptorT cell linesAlpha-chain rearrangementMyelin antigensMS patients
1994
Clonal expansion and persistence of human T cells specific for an immunodominant myelin basic protein peptide.
Wucherpfennig KW, Zhang J, Witek C, Matsui M, Modabber Y, Ota K, Hafler DA. Clonal expansion and persistence of human T cells specific for an immunodominant myelin basic protein peptide. The Journal Of Immunology 1994, 152: 5581-92. PMID: 7514641, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.152.11.5581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsNormal subjectsImmunodominant myelin basic protein peptideMBP-specific T cell linesDR2 haplotypeSpecific T cell clonesTCR beta-chain sequencesReactive T cellsT cell responsesHLA-DR moleculesT cell clonesIdentical TCR sequencesMyelin basic protein peptideIL-2 stimulationT cell linesHuman T cellsAlpha-chain rearrangementMyelin basic proteinMultiple sclerosisBeta chain sequencesTCR rearrangementsPatientsCell responsesTCR alphaTCR sequences