Relevance of differential immunogenicity of human and mouse recombinant desmoglein-3 for the induction of Acantholytic autoantibodies in mice

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-23

  Kaithamana, S ^a   Fan, J L ^a   Memar, O ^a   Li, K ^b   Uitto, J ^b   Seetharamaiah, G S ^c   Prabhakar, Bellur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana University School of Medicine Evansville   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Desmoglein 3; Pemphigus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 3; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECT CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 3; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PEMPHIGUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROLOGY; SKIN;

EID: 0347997293     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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