Immunoadsorption in myasthenia gravis based on specific ligands mimicking the immunogenic sites of the acetylcholine receptor

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 340-350

  Takamori, M ^a   Maruta, T ^a  

^a Kanazawa Nishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Antibodies; Autoimmunity; Immunoadsorption; Myasthenia gravis; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADSORBENT; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORBENT; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0035679349     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2001.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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