Structural and Functional Analysis of the B Cell Epitopes Recognized by Anti-Receptor Autoantibodies in Patients with Chagas' Disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4203-4211

  Elies, Rozenn ^a   Ferrari, Ines ^b   Wallukat, Gerd ^c   Lebesgue, Diane ^a   Chiale, Pablo ^b   Elizari, Marcelo ^b   Rosenbaum, Mauricio ^b   Hoebeke, Johan ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLAMINO 1 (7 METHYL 4 INDANYLOXY) 2 BUTANOL; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RAT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BISOPROLOL; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROPANOLAMINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC;

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