The B cell repertoire of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: II. Increased frequencies of IgG+ and IgA+ B cells specific for mycobacterial heat-shock protein 60 or human type II collagen in synovial fluid and tissue

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1409-1419

  Rudolphi, Ulrike ^a   Rzepka, Rita ^a   Batsford, Stephen ^a   Kaufmann, Stefan H E ^b   Von Der Mark, Klaus ^c   Peter, Hans H ^a   Melchers, Inga ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANOFIN; AUROTHIOMALATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHAPERONIN 60; COLLAGEN; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030955267     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400808     Document Type: Article

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