Autoimmune hair loss (alopecia areata)transferred by T lymphocytes to human scalp explants on SCID mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-67

  Gilhar, Amos ^a   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a   Berkutzki, Tamara ^a   Assy, Bedia ^a   Kalish, Richard S ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD54; Hair diseases; HLA DR antigens; Intracellular adhesion molecule 1

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL TRANSFER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031974909     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI551     Document Type: Article

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