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Nucleotide variations amongst V(H)Genes of AMA-producing B cell clones in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 May 2000
Fukushima N, Ikematsu H, Nakamura M, Matsui M, Shimoda S, Hayashida K, Niho Y, Koike K, Gershwin M E, Ishibashi H
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Primary biliary cirrhosis, a chronic liver disease characterized by progressive inflammatory destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, is also characterized by the presence of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA). The predominant autoantibody is directed at the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDC-E2). Recent studies of this autoantibody response have analysed immunoglobulin-variable regions of human...
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