Demonstration of autoantibody binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the salivary gland in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Kovács, László ^a   Fehér, Erzsébet ^b   Bodnár, Ibolya ^b   Marczinovits, Ilona ^c   Nagy, György M ^b   Somos, János ^a   Boda, Viktória ^a  

^a Saint George Hospital of Fejér County   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antimuscarinic receptor autoantibody; Immuno electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Primary Sj gren's syndrome; Ultrastructural localisation

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ACINAR CELL; ADULT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 46749103629     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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