Autoantibodies to type VII collagen have heterogeneous subclass and light chain compositions and their complement-activating capacities do not correlate with the inflammatory clinical phenotype

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 416-423

  Gandhi, K ^a   Chen, M ^a   Aasi, S ^a   Lapiere, J C ^a   Woodley, D T ^a   Chan, L S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita; Epitope; Light chain; Subclass

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COMPLEMENT; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA ACQUISITA; EPITHELIUM; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034493955     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026451530967     Document Type: Article

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