Selective small antigenic structures are capable of inducing widespread autoimmunity which closely mimics the humoral fine specificity of human SLE

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-407

  Mcclain, M T ^a,b   Scofield, R H ^a,b,c   Kurien, B T ^a   Gross, T F ^a   James, J A ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GLYCYLMETHIONYLTHREONYLSERYLASPARAGINYLGLYCYLPHENYLALANYLISOLEUCYLALANYLASP ARTYLPROLYLASPARTYLASPARTYLARGINYLGLYCYLMETHIONYLLEUCINE; LEUCYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMYLMETHIONYLPROLYLTHREONYLLEUCYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLARGI NYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLMETHIONINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN D1; PROTEIN SM B; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLICEOSOME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0036378362     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2002.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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