How microchimerism can impart HLA susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis

Chimerism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-25

  Azzouz, Doua F ^a   Rak, Justyna M ^a   Balandraud, Nathalie ^a,b   Auger, Isabelle ^a   Martin, Marielle ^a   Roudier, Jean ^a,b   Lambert, Nathalie C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

HLA; Microchimerism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MICROCHIMERISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; CHIMERA; GENETICS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHIMERISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS;

EID: 79952259219     PISSN: 19381956     EISSN: 19381964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chim.1.1.12648     Document Type: Article

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