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2000
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1998
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2001 Standout
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1998 StandoutNobel
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1994
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1998 StandoutScience
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2005 Standout
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CD4+ Tregs and immune control
2004 StandoutNobel
Oral administration of lipopolysaccharides activates B-1 cells in the peritoneal cavity and lamina propria of the gut and induces autoimmune symptoms in an autoantibody transgenic mouse.
1994 StandoutNobel
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1991
Complementarity-Determining Region 3 Spectratyping Analysis of the TCR Repertoire in Multiple Sclerosis
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Multiple sclerosis
2004
Naive regulatory T cells: a novel subpopulation defined by resistance toward CD95L-mediated cell death
2006
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1999
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1998
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2002 StandoutNobel
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2000
Increased CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cell Responses to Myelin Basic Protein in Multiple Sclerosis
2004
Unique Clinical and Pathological Features in HLA-DRB1*0401–restricted MBP 111–129–specific Humanized TCR Transgenic Mice
2004
CD4+CD28– costimulation-independent T cells in multiple sclerosis
2001
Expression of costimulatory molecules B7-1 (CD80), B7-2 (CD86), and interleukin 12 cytokine in multiple sclerosis lesions.
1995
Expansion and Functional Relevance of High-Avidity Myelin-Specific CD4+ T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis
2004
Preferential T-cell receptor beta-chain variable gene use in myelin basic protein-reactive T-cell clones from patients with multiple sclerosis.
1991
High prevalence of autoreactive, neuroantigen-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis revealed by novel flow cytometric assay
2004
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2000
Restricted T-cell receptor V beta gene usage by myelin basic protein-specific T-cell clones in multiple sclerosis: predominant genes vary in individuals.
1991
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2011 StandoutNobel
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1999 StandoutNobel
The T-cell-receptor repertoire in the synovial fluid of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis is polyclonal.
1991
Bacterial pyrogenic exotoxins as superantigens
1995
High Immunogenicity of Intracellular Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Epitopes
2002
Direct Ex Vivo Analysis of Activated, Fas-sensitive Autoreactive T Cells in Human Autoimmune Disease
1997
Myelin autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis: recognition of myelin basic protein in the context of HLA-DR2 products by T lymphocytes of multiple-sclerosis patients and healthy donors.
1990
Effects of Breeding Environments on Generation and Activation of Autoreactive B-1 Cells in Anti-red Blood Cell Autoantibody Transgenic Mice
1997 StandoutNobel
Loss of Functional Suppression by CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
2004

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T-cell recognition of an immuno-dominant myelin basic protein epitope in multiple sclerosis
1990 Nature
Microarray analysis identifies interferon β-regulated genes in multiple sclerosis
2003
Two subtypes of optic-spinal form of multiple sclerosis in Japan: clinical and laboratory features
2007
Increased Fas antigen on T cells in multiple sclerosis
1996
Microarray analysis identifies an aberrant expression of apoptosis and DNA damage-regulatory genes in multiple sclerosis
2005
Shared Human T Cell Receptor V β Usage to Immunodominant Regions of Myelin Basic Protein
1990 Science
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