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Cellular immune response toward human articular chondrocytes. T cell reactivities against chondrocyte and fibroblast membranes in destructive joint diseases.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Oct 1990
Alsalameh S, Mollenhauer J, Hain N, Stock K P, Kalden J R, Burmester G R
Abstract excerpt
Articular cartilage is one of the major targets in destructive joint diseases in humans. We studied cellular immune reactions against cartilage cell-surface membranes, because it has recently been suggested that these represent possible antigenic structures, based upon the observation of autoantibodies with this specificity in certain joint diseases. A striking T cell reactivity toward chondrocyte membranes was...
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