The role of human endogenous retroviruses in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brodziak, Andrzej ^a   Ziółko, Ewa ^a   Muc Wierzgoń, Małgorzata ^a   Nowakowska Zajdel, Ewa ^a   Kokot, Teresa ^a   Klakla, Katarzyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Human endogenous retroviruses; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP70; HISTAMINE; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUKOTRIENE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM CELL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84863542512     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.882892     Document Type: Article

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