Collagen of articular cartilage: The neglected autoantigen of rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 731-733

  Mackay, Ian R ^a   Rowley, Merrill J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 10; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INTERACTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE IX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 44349189336     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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