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Overcoming Unresponsiveness in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Resistant Mouse Strains by Adoptive Transfer and Antigenic Challenge
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T lymphocyte clones and experimental autoimmune diseases
This article reviews some of the lessons derived from our use of T lymphocyte lines and clones to study three experimental autoimmune diseases: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, experimental autoimmune thyroiditis and adjuvant arthritis. In each of these disease models we have raised lines and clones of T lymphocytes of the helper phenotype that are specifically autoimmune. These T lymphocytes were used to investigate the pathogenesis of disease. Lines and clones were also exploited to induce resistance to disease.
This article reviews some of the lessons derived from our use of T lymphocyte lines and clones to study three experimental autoimmune diseases: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, experimental autoimmune thyroiditis and adjuvant arthritis. In each of these disease models we have raised lines and clones of T lymphocytes of the helper phenotype that are specifically autoimmune. These T lymphocytes were used to investigate the pathogenesis of disease. Lines and clones were also exploited to induce resistance to disease.
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