Striational autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis patients recognize I- band titin epitopes

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 98-108

  Lübke, Evelyn ^a   Freiburg, Alexandra ^b   Skeie, Geir O ^c   Kolmerer, Bernhard ^b   Labeit, Siegfried ^b   Aarli, Johan A ^c   Gilhus, Nils E ^c   Wollmann, Robert ^d   Wussling, Manfred ^e   Rüegg, J Caspar ^a   Linke, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectin; Epitope spreading; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Myofibrils; Striated muscle

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344734163     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00164-1     Document Type: Article

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