Protective molecules - C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid P (SAP), pentraxin3 (PTX3), mannose-binding lectin (MBL), and apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1), and their autoantibodies: Prevalence and clinical significance in autoimmunity

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 582-591

  Kravitz, Martine Szyper ^a,b   Pitashny, Milena ^a,b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Anti ApoA1; Anti CRP; Anti MBL; Anti PTX3; Anti SAP; Autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PENTRAXIN; SERUM AMYLOID P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FIBROBLAST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT;

EID: 29444446954     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-005-7828-2     Document Type: Review

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