Overexpression of select T cell receptor Vβ gene families within CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets of myasthenia gravis patients: A role for superantigen(s)?

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-459

  Gigliotti, Dulceaydee ^a   Lefvert, Ann Kari ^b   Jeddi Tehrani, Mahmood ^a   Esin, Semih ^a   Hodara, Vida ^a   Pirskanen, Ritva ^c   Wigzell, Hans ^a   Andersson, Roland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FATIGUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0029778421     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401904     Document Type: Article

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