Immunoregulation in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis - About T cells, antibodies, and endplates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 308-317

  De Baets, M ^a,b   Stassen, M ^a   Losen, M ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Machiels, B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AChR; Animal models; B cells; Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG); T cells

Indexed keywords

CD59 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; VITRONECTIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MACROPHAGE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS GRAFT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141615841     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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