Aquaporin 4, Helicobacter pylori and potential implications for neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 162-163

  Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Deretzi, Georgia ^b   Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Boziki, Marina ^a   Tsiaousi, Elena ^a   Stergiopoulos, Christos ^a   Romiopoulos, Iordanis ^a   Giorgakis, Nikolaos ^a   Michael, Stavros ^a   Tantsi, Nikoleta ^a   Kotsani, Marina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Helicobacter pylori; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOPHAGY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CAUCASIAN; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LETTER; MAST CELL; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH MUCOSA CELL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84884818698     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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