The melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1, a novel target of autoantibody responses in vitiligo

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 923-930

  Helen Kemp, E ^a   Waterman, Elizabeth A ^a   Hawes, Brian E ^b   O'Neill, Kim ^b   Gottumukkala, Raju V S R K ^a   Gawkrodger, David J ^a   Weetman, Anthony P ^a   Watson, Philip F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITILIGO;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; VITILIGO;

EID: 0036221334     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200214643     Document Type: Article

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