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Goodpasture disease. Characterization of a single conformational epitope as the target of pathogenic autoantibodies.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Sept 1999
Hellmark T, Burkhardt H, Wieslander J
Abstract excerpt
Goodpasture disease is a prototype autoimmune disease characterized by the formation of autoantibodies against the heterotrimeric basement membrane collagen type IV, which causes a rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The pathogenic antibody response is directed to the non-collagenous (NC1) domain of the alpha3 chain of type IV collagen (alpha3(IV)NC1), but not to the homologous region of the alpha1(IV)NC1. To...
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