title: CD4+ T-cell responses to self-peptide--MHC.
abstract: Interactions between the T-cell receptor (TCR) and self-peptide-MHC (spMHC) have been hypothesized to modulate T-cell reactivity in the periphery. Recent studies examining CD4+ T-cell responses to spMHC class II describe apparently contradictory findings and arrive at opposite conclusions. One explanation for these seemingly disparate results could be the use of mice that were assumed to be MHC class II null but might express some uncommon MHC class II heterodimers.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Ailin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ching-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Herman N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.forename: Jianzhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D017353:Gene Deletion; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II