Humoral autoimmunity against endothelium: Theory or reality?

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Meroni, Pierluigi ^a   Ronda, Nicoletta ^b   Raschi, Elena ^a   Borghi, Maria O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CELL ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VASCULITIS;

EID: 27144485326     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2005.03.006     Document Type: Review

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