Anti-rods/rings: a human model of drug-induced autoantibody generation
In recent years, autoantibodies targeting subcellular structures described as the rods and rings pattern in HEp-2 ANA have been presented as a unique case of autoantibody generation. These rod and ring structures (RR) are at least partially composed of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase type 2 (IMP...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00041/full |