Antibodies in the serum of patients with autoimmune thyroid disorders react with a recombinant 98 amino acid fragment of a full length 64 kDa eye muscle membrane protein which is also expressed in the thyroid.

Zhang, Z G; Dong, Q; Rodien, P; Alcalde, L; Bernard, N; Boucher, A; Salvi, M; Arthurs, B; Vassart, G M; Ludgate, M

Zhang, Z G; Dong, Q; Rodien, P; Alcalde, L; Bernard, N; Boucher, A; Salvi, M; Arthurs, B; Vassart, G M; Ludgate, M.

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Zhang ZG; Institute de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Nucléaire, Université libre de Bruxelles.

Autoimmunity ; 13(2): 151-7, 1992.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1467436

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Autoantibodies/immunology; Autoantigens/immunology; Autoimmune Diseases/immunology; Eye Diseases/immunology; Eye Proteins/immunology; Graves Disease/immunology; Membrane Proteins/immunology; Muscle Proteins/immunology; Peptide Fragments/immunology; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/immunology; Adult; Aged; Animals; Antibody Specificity; Autoimmune Diseases/etiology; Eye Diseases/etiology; Female; Gene Expression; Graves Disease/blood; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology; Swine/immunology; Thyroid Gland/chemistry; Thyroid Gland/immunology; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/blood; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune/complications

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Peptide Fragments / Autoantibodies / Autoantigens / Autoimmune Diseases / Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Graves Disease / Eye Diseases / Eye Proteins / Membrane Proteins / Muscle Proteins Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Autoimmunity Year: 1992 Document type: Article

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