In Goodpasture's disease, CD4+ T cells escape thymic deletion and are reactive with the autoantigen α3(IV)NC1

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1908-1915

  Salama, A D ^a   Chaudhry, A N ^a   Ryan, J J ^a   Eren, E ^a   Levy, J B ^a   Pusey, C D ^a   Lightstone, L ^a   Lechler, R I ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0034869927     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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