The central role of chromatin in autoimmune responses to histones and DNA in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 184-192

  Burlingame, Rufus W ^a   Boey, Mee L ^b   Starkebaum, Gordon ^c   Rubin, Robert L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

autoantibodies; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; histones, immunology; lupus erythematosus, systemic

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0028284788     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI117305     Document Type: Article

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