Microbial IgA protease removes IgA immune complexes from mouse glomeruli in vivo: Potential therapy for IgA nephropathy

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Lamm, Michael E ^a,c   Emancipator, Steven N ^a   Robinson, Janet K ^a   Yamashita, Michifumi ^a   Fujioka, Hisashi ^a   Qiu, Jiazhou ^b   Plaut, Andrew G ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38749146867     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070131     Document Type: Article

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