Epitope specificity of anti-heat shock protein 65/60 serum antibodies in atherosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 536-541

  Metzler, Bernhard ^a,b   Schett, Georg ^a,b   Kleindienst, Roman ^a,c   Van Zee, Ruurd Der ^d   Ottenhoff, Tom ^d   Hajeer, Ali ^e   Bernstein, Robert ^e   Xu, Qingbo ^a   Wick, Georg ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibodies; atherosclerosis; autoimmunity; epitope specificity; heat shock protein

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DELETION MUTANT; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030982811     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.3.536     Document Type: Article

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