LE cell phenomenon: Nuclear IgG deposits inhibit enzymatic cleavage of the nucleus of damaged cells and support its phagocytic clearance by PMN

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-201

  Böhm, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti dsDNA antibodies; Apoptosis; CEN; Chicken erythrocyte nuclei; Double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid; DsDNA; FACS; Fluorescence activated cell sorter; IgG; Immunoglobulin G; LE; LE cell phenomenon; Lupus erythematosus; MFI; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CASPASE; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIPOCORTIN 5;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS CELL TEST; MICROSCOPY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 18744436376     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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