New insights into the functional role of the rheumatoid arthritis shared epitope

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3619-3626

  De Almeida, Denise E ^a   Ling, Song ^a   Holoshitz, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calreticulin; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope; Th17

Indexed keywords

CALRETICULIN; COLLAGENASE 3; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL SURFACE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960347753     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.03.035     Document Type: Review

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