Vaccination against Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis with T Cell Receptor Peptides
Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system mediated by CD4$^{+}$ T cells reactive with myelin basic protein (MBP). Rats were rendered resistant to the induction of EAE by vaccination with synthetic peptides corresponding to idiotypic determin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1989-11, Vol.246 (4930), p.668-670 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system mediated by CD4$^{+}$ T cells reactive with myelin basic protein (MBP). Rats were rendered resistant to the induction of EAE by vaccination with synthetic peptides corresponding to idiotypic determinants of the $\beta $ chain VDJ region and J$\alpha $ regions of the T cell receptor (TCR) that are conserved among encephalitogenic T cells. These findings demonstrate the utility of TCR peptide vaccination for modulating the activity of autoreactive T cells and represent a general therapeutic approach for T cell--mediated pathogenesis. |
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ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.2814489 |