title: A genetic basis for autoimmune manifestations in the abdominal aortic aneurysm resides in the MHC class II locus DR-beta-1.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tilson
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ozsvath
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001011:Aorta / Q000276:immunology; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; C016598:microfibrillar protein