T and B lymphocytes reacting with the extracellular loop of the β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) are present in the peripheral blood of patients with myasthenia gravis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-140

  Yi, Q ^a   He, W ^a   Matell, G ^b   Pirskanen, R ^b   Magnusson, Y ^c   Eng, H ^a   Lefvert, A K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoimmune response; B lymphocytes; Cytokines; Myasthenia gravis; T lymphocytes; 2 adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030045828     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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