Antibodies to the lens and cornea in anti-DFS70-positive subjects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1107, Issue , 2007, Pages 174-183

  Bizzaro, Nicola ^a,h   Tonutti, Elio ^b   Visentini, Daniela ^b   Alessio, Maria Grazia ^c   Platzgummer, Stefan ^d   Morozzi, Gabriella ^e   Antico, Antonio ^f   Villalta, Danilo ^g   Piller Roner, Sonia ^a   Vigevani, Enrico ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Tolmezzo   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

^g Immunologia Clinica e Virologia   (Italy)

^h Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cornea; DFS70; Indirect immunofluorescence; LEDGF p75; Lens

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; DENSE FINE SPECKLES 70 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LENS EPITHELIUM DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; LENS PROTEIN; PROTEIN P75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PSIP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CELL DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CILIARY MUSCLE; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; KIDNEY CANCER; LENS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34648840849     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1381.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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