Identification of critical residues of linear B cell epitope on Goodpasture autoantigen.

BACKGROUND:The autoantigen of anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease has been identified as the non-collagenous domain 1 of α3 chain of type IV collagen, α3(IV)NC1. Our previous study revealed a peptide on α3(IV)NC1 as a major linear epitope for B cells and potentially nephrogenic, designat...

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Main Authors: Xiao-yu Jia, Zhao Cui, Jian-nan Li, Shui-yi Hu, Ming-hui Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395375?pdf=render