Modulation of molecular imprints in the antigen-experienced B cell repertoire by rituximab

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3665-3674

  Palanichamy, Arumugam ^a   Roll, Petra ^a   Theiss, Regina ^a   Dörner, Thomas ^b   Tony, Hans Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 57349083146     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24141     Document Type: Article

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