"Torpedo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.
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D014101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.370.935 B01.050.150.900.493.378.722
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Torpedo" by people in Profiles.
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Vaccination with a MHC class II peptide in Alum and inactive pertussis strongly ameliorates clinical MG in C57BL/6 mice. J Neuroimmunol. 2006 Feb; 171(1-2):8-16.
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Vaccination with a MHC class II peptide attenuates cellular and humoral responses against tAChR and suppresses clinical EAMG. Autoimmunity. 2002 May; 35(3):183-90.
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T cell responses in EAMG-susceptible and non-susceptible mouse strains after immunization with overlapping peptides encompassing the extracellular part of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor alpha chain. Implication to role in myasthenia gravis of autoimmune T-cell responses against receptor degradation products. Autoimmunity. 1998; 27(2):79-90.
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B-cell activation in vitro by helper T cells specific to region alpha 146-162 of Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Immunol. 1996 Oct 01; 157(7):3192-9.
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Effect of amino acid substitutions within the region 62-76 of I-A beta b on binding with and antigen presentation of Torpedo acetylcholine receptor alpha-chain peptide 146-162. J Immunol. 1995 May 15; 154(10):5245-54.
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Profile of the regions of acetylcholine receptor alpha chain recognized by T-lymphocytes and by antibodies in EAMG-susceptible and non-susceptible mouse strains after different periods of immunization with the receptor. Mol Immunol. 1994 Aug; 31(11):833-43.
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Suppression of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis by epitope-specific neonatal tolerance. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994; 347:65-75.
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Mapping the extracellular topography of the alpha-chain in free and in membrane-bound acetylcholine receptor by antibodies against overlapping peptides spanning the entire extracellular parts of the chain. J Protein Chem. 1994 Jan; 13(1):37-47.
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Mapping of the polypeptide chain organization of the main extracellular domain of the alpha-subunit in membrane-bound acetylcholine receptor by antipeptide antibodies spanning the entire domain. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994; 347:221-8.
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Molecular recognition of acetylcholine receptor. Recognition by alpha-neurotoxins and by immune and autoimmune responses and manipulation of the responses. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1994; 4(4):403-32.