Epitope specificity of clonally expanded populations of CD8+ T cells found within the joints of patients with inflammatory arthritis.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypothesis that clonality of synovial T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis is at least partly due to the presence of virus-specific T cells expressing a restricted repertoire of T cell receptors (TCRs). METHODS: Using fluorescently labeled HLA class I-peptide...

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Hauptverfasser: Fazou, C, Yang, H, Mcmichael, A, Callan, M
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2001