A novel immunoglobulin-immunoglobulin interaction in autoimmunity.
Well over six decades since its first description, the Rheumatoid Factor (RF)-autoantibodies recognizing Fc (constant) portion of IgG through their own Fab (antigen binding variable segments)-is believed to have come of age. Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique form of pancreatitis, biologically char...
Main Authors: | Shigeyuki Kawa, Kei Kitahara, Hideaki Hamano, Yayoi Ozaki, Norikazu Arakura, Kaname Yoshizawa, Takeji Umemura, Masao Ota, Sadaaki Mizoguchi, Yasunori Shimozuru, Seiamak Bahram |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2249926?pdf=render |
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