Recognition of YKL-39, a human cartilage related protein, as a target antigen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-54

  Sekine, T ^b   Masuko Hongo, K ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Asahara, H ^c   Takigawa, M ^d   Nishioka, K ^a   Kato, T ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CHONDREX; PROTEIN YKL 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YKL 39 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0035162199     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.1.49     Document Type: Article

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