Spectrum of MHC Class II Variability in Darwin's Finches and Their Close Relatives

MHC class II tetramers.

MHC class II tetramers have emerged as an important tool for characterization of the specificity and phenotype of CD4 T cell immune responses, useful in a large variety of disease and vaccine studies. Issues of specific T cell frequency, biodistribution, and avidity, coupled with the large genetic diversity of potential class II restriction elements, require targeted experimental design. Transl...

Regulation of MHC Class II

Functional consequences of the binding of MHC class II-derived peptides to MHC class II.

Three MHC class II-derived synthetic peptides (I-A beta (g7)1-16, I-A beta (g7)52-77 and I-A alpha (g7)63-82YC) were analyzed for their ability to bind to syngeneic and allogeneic MHC class II molecules using a whole cell, competitive peptide binding assay. These studies demonstrated that the A beta (g7)1-16 peptide was able to specifically bind to syngeneic as well as to four allogeneic MHC cl...

Deregulated MHC Class II Transactivator

Acidosis Increases MHC Class II