Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 5 - Number: 52 - November 15, 2006

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Inadequate induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 causes systemic autoimmune diseases

Tolerance induction by molecular mimicry: prevention and suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with the milk protein butyrophilin

Suppression of expression and function of negative immune regulator PD-1 by certain pattern recognition and cytokine receptor signals associated with immune system danger

Immune modulation with high-dose heat-shock protein gp96: therapy of murine autoimmune diabetes and encephalomyelitis

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A chimeric T cell receptor with super-signaling properties

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The point mutation of tyrosine 759 of the IL-6 family cytokine receptor gp130 synergizes with HTLV-1 pX in promoting rheumatoid arthritis-like arthritis

Suppression of expression and function of negative immune regulator PD-1 by certain pattern recognition and cytokine receptor signals associated with immune system danger

Immune modulation with high-dose heat-shock protein gp96: therapy of murine autoimmune diabetes and encephalomyelitis

Research papers

Vaccination with an immunodominant peptide of bovine type II collagen induces an anti-TCR response, and modulates the onset and severity of collagen-induced arthritis

Inadequate induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 causes systemic autoimmune diseases

An increased frequency of autoantibody-inducing CD4+ T cells in pre-diseased lupus-prone mice

Generation and selection of an IgG-driven autoimmune repertoire during B-lymphopoiesis in Igµ-deficient/lpr mice

Natural human polyreactive IgM induce apoptosis of lymphoid cell lines and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Toxoplasma gondii infection inhibits the development of lupus-like syndrome in autoimmune (New Zealand Black x New Zealand White) F1 mice

Analysis of autoreactive T cells associated with murine collagen-induced arthritis using peptide–MHC multimers

Changes in sensitivity of peripheral lymphocytes of autoimmune gld mice to FasL-mediated apoptosis reveal a mechanism for the preferential deletion of CD4–CD8–B220+ T cells

Tolerance induction by molecular mimicry: prevention and suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with the milk protein butyrophilin

T cells accumulating in the inflamed joints of a spontaneous murine model of rheumatoid arthritis become restricted to common clonotypes during disease progression

T cell recognition of a highly conserved epitope in heat shock protein 60: self-tolerance maintained by TCR distinguishing between asparagine and aspartic acid

Phenotypic characterization of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells in rats

Auto-reactive B cells against peripheral antigen, desmoglein 3, escape from tolerance mechanism

MHC class II-independent and -dependent T cell expansion and B cell hyperactivity in vivo in mice deficient in CD152 (CTLA-4)

Accumulation of V7.2–J33 invariant T cells in human autoimmune inflammatory lesions in the nervous system

Broadly impaired NK cell function in non-obese diabetic mice is partially restored by NK cell activation in vivo and by IL-12/IL-18 in vitro