Immunohistologic Evidence Supports Apoptosis, IgG Deposition, and Novel Macrophage/Fibroblast Crosstalk in the Pathologic Cascade Leading to Congenital Heart Block

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-182

  Clancy, Robert M ^a   Kapur, Raj P ^b   Molad, Yair ^c   Askanase, Anca Dinu ^a   Buyon, Jill P ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LA ANTIBODY; LA ANTIGEN; RO ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPHAGES; MYOCARDITIS; PREGNANCY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

EID: 0345827517     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11430     Document Type: Article

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