Ectopic germinal center formation in rheumatoid synovitis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 987, Issue , 2003, Pages 140-149

  Weyand, Cornelia M ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Autoimmunity; Lymphoid organization; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; ISOPROTEIN; LYMPHOTOXIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHIMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCID MOUSE; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0038240921     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06042.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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