Antigen-driven clonal proliferation of B cells within the target tissue of an autoimmune disease. The salivary glands of patients with Sjogren's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 938-946

  Stott, David I ^a   Hiepe, Falk ^b   Hummel, Michael ^b   Steinhauser, Gudrun ^c   Berek, Claudia ^c  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Germinal center; Immunoglobulin; Sjogren's syndrome; V gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0032169223     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI3234     Document Type: Article

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