CDR3 fingerprinting of immunoglobulin kappa light chains expressed in rheumatoid arthritis. Evidence of antigenic selection or dysregulation of gene rearrangement in B cells.
Bridges
S L
SL
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294, USA.
Lavelle
J C
JC
Lee
S K
SK
Byer
S
S
Schroeder
H W
HW
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D006801:Humans; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains