A cardiac myosin-specific autoimmune response is induced by immunization with Trypanosoma cruzi proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3410-3417

  Leon, Juan S ^a   Daniels, Melvin D ^a   Toriello, Krista M ^a   Wang, Kegiang ^a   Engman, David M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIAC MYOSIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIAC MYOSINS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 2542577924     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3410-3417.2004     Document Type: Article

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