Molecular IgV(H) analysis demonstrates highly somatic mutated B cells in synovialitis of osteoarthritis: A degenerative disease is associated with a specific, not locally generated immune response

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1377-1384

  Krenn, V ^b   Hensel, F ^c   Kim, H J ^a   Souto Carneiro, M M ^c   Starostik, P ^c   Ristow, G ^c   Konig A ^b   Vollmers, H P ^c   Muller Hermelink H K ^c  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYNOVITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0032708154     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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