Autoantibodies that recognize functional domains of hnRNPA1 implicate molecular mimicry in the pathogenesis of neurological disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 188-193

  Lee, Sang Min ^a,b   Dunnavant, Floyd D ^a,b   Jang, Haeman ^a,b   Zunt, Joseph ^c   Levin, Michael C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1; HTLV 1 associated myelopathy tropical spastic paraparesis; Human T lymphotropic virus type 1; Multiple sclerosis; Neurologic

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP A-B; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUTATION; NEURONS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33646408557     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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