Immunodominant T-cell epitopes of hnRNP-A2 associated with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1795-1808

  Trembleau, Sylvie ^a   Hoffmann, Markus ^a   Meyer, Brigitte ^a   Nell, Valerie ^a,d   Radner, Helga ^a   Zauner, Wolfgang ^b,e   Hammer, Juergen ^c   Aichinger, Gerald ^b,f   Fischer, Gottfried ^a   Smolen, Josef ^a   Steiner, Günter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INTERCELL AG   (Austria)

^c Roche Pharmaceuticals   (Austria)

^d HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e AFFiRiS GmbH   (Austria)

^f BAXTER INNOVATIONS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epitopes; MHC; Peptides; Rheumatoid arthritis; T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A2; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2 ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP A-B; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77953298928     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939482     Document Type: Article

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