Demonstration of natural autoantibodies against the neurofilament protein α-internexin in sera of patients with endocrine autoimmunity and healthy individuals

Immunology Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Rajasalu, Tarvo ^a   Teesalu, Kaupo ^a   Janmey, Paul A ^b   Uibo, Raivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internexin; Endocrine autoimmunity; Natural autoantibodies; Neurofilament triplet proteins; Pituitary autoantigens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RANK SUM TEST; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; RATS;

EID: 3242672288     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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