CD4 + and CD8 + clonal T cell expansions indicate a role of antigens in ankylosing spondylitis; a study in HLA-B27 + monozygotic twins

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-322

  Duchmann, R ^a,c   Lambert, C ^b   May, E ^b   Hohler T ^b   Marker Hermann E ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Clonal expansion; Human; Monozygotic twin study; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNOVIOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TWINS;

EID: 0035114738     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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