Immunization with short peptides from the sequence of the systemic lupus erythematosus-associated 60-kDa Ro autoantigen results in anti-Ro ribonucleoprotein autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4059-4066

  Scofield, R Hal ^a,b,c   Henry, William E ^a   Kurien, Biji T ^a   James, Judith A ^a,b   Harley, John B ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RO 274; RO 413; RO 480; RO 500; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0030005838     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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