Local antigen-driven oligoclonal expansion of B cells in the liver portal areas of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Sugimura, Takashi ^a   Shiokawa, Satoshi ^a   Haraoka, Seiji ^b   Fujimoto, Kyoko ^a   Ohshima, Koichi ^b   Nakamuta, Makoto ^c   Nishimura, Junji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen; B lymphocytes; Clonality; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0141995061     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1478-3231.2003.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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