Letin and ANCA-associated vasculitis: A healthy link?

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Thewissen, M ^a   Tervaert, J W Cohen ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GHRELIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KLEBSIELLA; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 43049180390     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem389     Document Type: Editorial

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