Genetic immunization against the human thyrotropin receptor causes thyroiditis and allows production of monoclonal antibodies recognizing the native receptor

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1458-1465

  Costagliola, S ^a,b   Rodien, P ^a   Many, M C ^c   Ludgate, M ^d   Vassart, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Euroscreen SA   (Belgium)

^c Louvain Medical School   (Belgium)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMID DNA; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CHO CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROIDITIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0031939694     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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