Immunogenetics of pemphigus: An update

Autoimmunity

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 531-539

  Tron, François ^a   Gilbert, Danièle ^a   Joly, Pascal ^a,b   Mouquet, Hugo ^a   Drouot, Laurent ^a   Ayed, Mourad Ben ^c   Sellami, Myriam ^d   Masmoudi, Hatem ^c   Makni, Sondès ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Major histocompatibility complex; Multifactorial diseases

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEMPHIGUS; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 33751114956     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930600971497     Document Type: Article

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