The HuD paraneoplastic proteins shares immunogenic regions between PEM/PSN patients and several strains and species of experimental animals

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Smitt, P Sillevis ^a,c   Manley, G ^b   Dalmau, J ^a,b   Posner, J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Neurol and Neurosci at C ^*  (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anti Hu antibodies; auto immune disease; experimental animals; paraneoplastic disease; SJL mice

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; AUTOANTIGEN; ELAVL4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ELAVL4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HU ANTIGEN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE STRAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030338473     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00153-1     Document Type: Article

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