Genetic control of T cell receptor BJ gene expression in peripheral lymphocytes of normal and rheumatoid arthritis monozygotic twins

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1594-1601

  Nanki, Toshihiro ^a   Kohsaka, Hitoshi ^a   Mizushima, Noboru ^a   Ollier, William E R ^b   Carson, Dennis A ^c   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid sequence; CD4 positive T lymphocyte; CD8 positive T lymphocyte; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0029797020     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118953     Document Type: Article

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