The U1-snRNP complex: Structural properties relating to autoimmune pathogenesis in rheumatic diseases

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-145

  Kattah, Nicole H ^a   Kattah, Michael G ^a   Utz, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Epitope spreading; Lupus; Mixed connective tissue disease; U1 70K; U1 snRNP

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN SM; PROTEIN U1 70K [131-151]; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEX; U1 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN COMPLEX ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA IMMUNIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA BINDING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 73249122428     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2009.00863.x     Document Type: Review

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