Reshaping the shared epitope hypothesis: HLA-associated risk for rheumatoid arthritis is encoded by amino acid substitutions at positions 67-74 of the HLA-DRB1 molecule

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 921-928

  De Vries, Niek ^a,b   Tijssen, Henk ^c   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^c   Van De Putte, Leo B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; ISOLEUCINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036222676     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10210     Document Type: Article

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