%0 Figure %A A. Nelson, Patricia %A Khodadoust, Mojgan %A Prodhomme, Thomas %A Spencer, Collin %A Carlos Patarroyo, Juan %A Varrin-Doyer, Michel %A D. Ho, Joseph %A Stroud, Robert M. %A S. Zamvil, Scott %D 2013 %T AQP4 p21-40 is a naturally processed immunodominant determinant of intact AQP4. %U https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_AQP4_p21_40_is_a_naturally_processed_immunodominant_determinant_of_intact_AQP4_/485561 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0015050.g004 %2 https://plos.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/815197 %K p21-40 %K processed %K immunodominant %K determinant %X

(A) C57BL/6 (above) and SJL/J (below) mice were immunized subcutaneously with 100 µg recombinant intact hAQP4 in CFA. Lymph nodes were harvested at day 10–12 and cultured in the presence of various concentrations of either intact hAQP4 (left), or individual murine AQP4 peptides (right) for 4 days. Proliferation was measured by 3H-thymidine incorporation, and are presented as mean cpm +/− SEM for triplicates. (B) C57BL/6 (above) and SJL/J (below) m21-40 primed lymph node cells were assayed for cytokine production and proliferation in response to m21-40 peptide. Supernatants were collected after 72 hr for IFN-γ and IL-17A for ELISA. Data are presented as mean +/− SEM for triplicates. (C) Proliferation of C57BL/6 T cell lines specific to p21-40, p91-110, p166-180, and p261-280 were assayed following re-stimulation with various concentrations of intact hAQP4 (left) and self-peptides (right). Data are shown as stimulation indices (SI's) of triplicates of antigen proliferation over no antigen conditions (background).

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