CD4+ T cell repertoire on the ε subunit of muscle acetylcholine receptor in myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Wang, Zeng Yu ^a   Okita, David K ^a   Howard Jr , James F ^b   Conti Fine, Bianca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Autoimmune diseases; Myasthenia gravis; T epitope repertoire

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0032476642     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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