Dynamics of serum IgM autoreactive repertoires following immunization: Strain specificity, inheritance and association with autoimmune disease susceptibility

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3616-3629

  Fesel, Constantin ^a,b   Coutinho, Antonio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Fischer; IgM; Lewis; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031770768     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199811)28:11<3616::AID-IMMU3616>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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