An aberrant prostate antigen-specific immune response causes prostatitis in mice and is associated with chronic prostatitis in humans

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2031-2041

  Hou, Yafei ^a   DeVoss, Jason ^a   Dao, Vinh ^a   Kwek, Serena ^a   Simko, Jeffrey P ^a   McNeel, Douglas G ^b   Anderson, Mark S ^a   Fong, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEIN; SEMINAL VESICLE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SVS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 68849128050     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci38332     Document Type: Article

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