Nucleosome: A major immunogen for pathogenic autoantibody-inducing T cells of lupus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1367-1381

  Mohan, Chandra ^a   Adams, Sharlene ^a   Stanik, Valerie ^b   Datta, Syamal K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DNA; DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN; HEPARITIN SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEOGLYCANS; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0027477318     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.177.5.1367     Document Type: Article

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