Identification of immunodominant CD4+ T cell epitopes in patients with Yersinia-induced reactive arthritis by cytometric cytokine secretion assay

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3583-3590

  Thiel, Andreas ^a   Wu, Peihua ^a   Lanowska, Malgorzata ^b   Dong, Jun ^a   Radbruch, Andreas ^a   Sieper, Joachim ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; YERSINIA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAPERONIN 60; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750940415     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22183     Document Type: Article

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