Epitopes of human fibrin recognized by the rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2250-2263

  Sebbag, Mireille ^a   Moinard, Nathalie ^a   Auger, Isabelle ^b   Clavel, Cyril ^a   Arnaud, Jacques ^a   Nogueira, Leonor ^a   Roudier, Jean ^b   Serre, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Anti citrullinated protein autoantibodies; Citrulline; Deimination; Fibrin; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FILAGGRIN; PLASMIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CITRULLINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 33747447697     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535790     Document Type: Article

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