Induction of arthritis in BALB/c mice by cartilage link protein: Involvement of distinct regions recognized by T and B lymphocytes

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1283-1291

  Zhang, Yiping ^a,c   Guerassimov, Alexei ^a   Leroux, Jean Yves ^a   Cartman, Annie ^a   Webber, Carolyn ^a   Lalic, Radomir ^a   De Miguel, Elisa ^a   Rosenberg, Lawrence C ^b   Poole, A Robin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; GLIAL HYALURONAN BINDING PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONAN RECEPTOR; NEUROCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031692112     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65673-8     Document Type: Article

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