Characterization of a Lipoyl Domain-independent B-cell Autoepitope on the Human Branched-chain Acyltransferase in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Overlap Syndrome with Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 173-181

  Csepregi, Antal ^a,b,c   Obermayer Straub, Petra ^a   Kneip, Susanne ^a   Kayser, Anne ^a   Loges, Stephanie ^a   Schmidt, Eleonore ^a   Nemesánszky, Elemér ^b   Szalay, Ferenc ^d   Manns, Michael P ^a   Strassburg, Christian P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Polyclin Hosp Bros St John God ^*  (Hungary)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial antibodies; Branched chain acyltransferase; Epitope; Lipoyl domain; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN ACYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PYRUVATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPOYL DOMAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347763465     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10446670310001642159     Document Type: Article

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