NETosis as source of autoantigens in rheumatoid arthritis

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Corsiero, Elisa ^a   Pratesi, Federico ^b   Prediletto, Edoardo ^a   Bombardieri, Michele ^a   Migliorini, Paola ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; Ectopic lymphoid structures; Histones; Neutrophils extracellular traps; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AUTOANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H4;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELTY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 85006173562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00485     Document Type: Review

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