Studies of the molecular basis of IgA production, subclass regulation and class-switch recombination in IgA nephropathy patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-517

  Baskin, B ^a,e   Pettersson, E ^b   Rekola, S ^b   Smith, C I E ^a   Islam, K B ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Center for Biotechnology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Class switching; Cytokines; IgA nephropathy; IgA production

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029828795     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-859.x     Document Type: Article

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