The Goodpasture antigen is expressed in the human thymus

Kidney International

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1777-1783

  Wong, D ^a   Phelps, R G ^a   Turner, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Central and peripheral tolerance; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Membranous nephropathy; NC1 domain; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GOODPASTURE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034783672     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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