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Maintenance of immunologic self-tolerance by nonimmunogenic forms of antigen.

Clinical and experimental immunology ·Vol. 26 ·No. 3 ·1976-12-00 ·Pages 597-600

Swanborg RH

Abstract

Immunologic tolerance to EAE in guinea-pigs appears to be a function of a determinant distinct from the encephalitogenic region of the myelin basic protein molecule. In Lewis rats (in which species the molecular sites for disease-induction and tolerance have not been completely characterized) the mechanism underlying this state of immunologic tolerance involves suppressor cell regulation of the autoimmune response. On the basis of these experimental findings we postulate that natural self-tolerance is maintained by suppressor T cells which are stimulated by nonimmunogenic fragments of self-antigen released during protein turnover.

MeSH Terms
Animals Antigens Autoantigens Autoimmune Diseases/etiology Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology Epitopes Guinea Pigs Immune Tolerance Mice Myelin Basic Protein/immunology Myelin Proteins/immunology T-Lymphocytes/immunology
Chemicals
Antigens Autoantigens Epitopes Myelin Basic Protein Myelin Proteins
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Swanborg R H
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Article Info
Journal
Clinical and experimental immunology
Abbr.
Clin Exp Immunol
ISSN
0009-9104
Published
1976-12-00
Pages
597-600
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0057202
PMCID
PMC1540960
Subset
IM
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