Comprehensive exploration of autoantibody in Behçet's disease: a novel autoantibody to claudin-1, an essential protein for tight junctions, is identified

Joint Bone Spine. 2014 Dec;81(6):546-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2014.03.005. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
⁴ Department of Ophtalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology (CREST), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

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Keywords: Autoantibody; Behçet's disease; Claudin-1; Clinical marker; Protein microarray; Tight junctions.

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