Successful activation of rat T lymphocytes by sperm specific antigens in vitro

• Main Authors: Junko NOGUCHI (Author), Mitsumi IKEDA (Author), Kazuhiro KIKUCHI (Author), Thanh Quang DANG-NGUYEN (Author), Megumi KASASHIMA (Author), Ken-ichiro TATEMATSU (Author), Hideki SEZUTSU (Author), Tadashi FURUSAWA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autoimmune orchitis is a condition related to cellular immunity. A disease model involving transfer of T lymphocytes activated by known antigens would be useful for defining pathogenical molecules. Since no method for activating rat T cells using specific antigens is available, we started the study...