Morphological and molecular pathology of the B cell response in synovitis of rheumatoid arthritis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 441, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 415-427

  Magalhães, Raquel ^a   Stiehl, Peter ^b   Morawietz, Lars ^a   Berek, Claudia ^c   Krenn, Veit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthritogenic antigens; B lymphocytes; Osteoarthritis; Plasma cells; Rheumatoid arthritis; VH genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEMORY CELL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0036446020     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-002-0702-1     Document Type: Review

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