Chaperone activity of α B-crystallin is responsible for its incorrect assignment as an autoantigen in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4263-4268

  Rothbard, Jonathan B ^a   Zhao, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Sharpe, Orr ^a,b   Strohman, Michael J ^a   Kurnellas, Michael ^a   Mellins, Elizabeth D ^a   Robinson, William H ^a,b   Steinman, Lawrence ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN B5 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 79955035421     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003934     Document Type: Article

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