A 17-Mer Self-Peptide of Acetylcholine Receptor Binds to B Cell MHC Class II, Activates Helper T Cells, and Stimulates Autoantibody Production and Electrophysiologic Signs of Myasthenia Gravis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1570-1577

  Yoshikawa, Hiroaki ^a,b   Lambert, Edward H ^a   Walser Kuntz, Debby R ^a   Yasukawa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   McCormick, Daniel J ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0031201024     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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