Overexpression and unique rearrangement of VH2 transcripts in immunoglobulin variable heavy chain genes in ankylosing spondylitis patients

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Kim, Yeon Joo ^a   Kim, Nayoung ^a   Lee, Min Kyung ^b   Choi, Hyo Jin ^b   Baek, Han Joo ^b   Nam, Chang Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe Forschungsges mbH   (Germany)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankylosing; B lymphocyte; Gene rearrangement; Heavy chain; Immunoglobulin variable region; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

CDC42 BINDING PROTEIN KINASE BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CDC42; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953528716     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2010.42.5.030     Document Type: Article

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