Analysis of V(κ) genes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial B lymphocytes provides evidence for both polyclonal activation and antigen- driven selection

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Moyes, S P ^a   Brown, C M ^a   Scott, B B ^a,b   Maini, R N ^a   Mageed, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

immunoglobulin genes; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030015946     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-735.x     Document Type: Article

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