Antibodies against OspA epitopes of Borrelia burgdorferi cross-react with neural tissue

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Alaedini, Armin ^a   Latov, Norman ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cross reactivity; Lyme disease; Nervous system; OspA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPROTEINS; NEURONS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 12344284138     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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