Expression of the gastric H/K-ATPase α-subunit in the thymus may explain the dominant role of the β-subunit in the pathogenesis of autoimmune gastritis

Autoimmunity

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Alderuccio, Frank ^a   Gleeson, Paul A ^a   Berzins, Stuart P ^a   Martin, Marianne ^b   Van Driel, Ian R ^a   Toh, Ban Hock ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autoantigen; Autoimmune gastritis; H K ATpase; Thymus; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN POTASSIUM ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; GASTRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0030760665     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939709008023     Document Type: Article

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