Analysis of VH gene rearrangements from synovial B cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis reveals infiltration of the synovial membrane by memory B cells

Rheumatology International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 145-150

  Gause, A ^a,b   Gundlach, K ^a   Carbon, G ^a   Daus, H ^a   Trumper L ^a   Pfreundschuh, M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin gene rearrangements; Memory B cell; Rheumatoid arthritis; Somatic mutation; VH gene repertoire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MEMORY CELL; MICROMANIPULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030680106     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960050026     Document Type: Article

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