Failure to demonstrate cell-mediated immunity to orbital tissue antigens and epitopic fragments of a 64 kDa protein in the majority of patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 284-292

  Kiljanski, J ^a,b   Stolarski, C ^a   Barsouk, A ^a   Nebes, V ^a   Wall, J R ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

1D protein; 64 kDa protein; Eye muscle; Graves' disease; Orbital connective tissue; T cell epitope; Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EPITOPE; LMOD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTROPHIL; ORBIT; SWINE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; ORBIT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEINS; SWINE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0030134553     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347864     Document Type: Article

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