VH4 gene segments dominate the intrathecal humoral immune response in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 6343-6351

  Owens, Gregory P ^a   Winges, Kimberly M ^a   Ritchie, Alanna M ^a   Edwards, Sydni ^a   Burgoon, Mark P ^a   Lehnhoff, Laura ^a   Nielsen, Kirsten ^a   Corboy, John ^a   Gilden, Donald H ^a   Bennett, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; SILVER; SYNDECAN 1; CD19 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLAST CELL; CELL EXPANSION; CELL TYPE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY CELL; V H4 GENE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; GENETICS; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SYNDECAN-1;

EID: 36749072673     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.9.6343     Document Type: Article

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