Molecular mimicry between bacterial and self antigen in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1901-1911

  Kowal, Czeslawa ^a   Weinstein, Arthur ^b   Diamond, Betty ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cross reactivity; Double stranded DNA; Lupus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA BINDING; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOANTIGENS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033038935     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1901::AID-IMMU1901>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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