AMPLIFICATION BY POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY AND LIGHT-CHAIN GENES FROM ORBITAL TISSUE OF PATIENTS WITH GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY

[1] Weetman A.P., Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy, Autoimmunity, 12, pp. 215-222, (1992)

[2] Campbell R.J., Immunology of Graves' ophthalmopathy retrobulbar histology and histochemistry, Acta Endocrinol, 121, pp. 9-16, (1989)

[3] Huse W.D., Sastry L., Iverson S.A., Kang A.S., Alting-Mees M., Burton D.R., Et al., Generation of a large combinatorial library of the immunoglobulin repertoire in phage lambda, Science, 246, pp. 1275-1281, (1989)

[4] Chazenbalk G.D., Portolano S., Russo D., Hutchison J.S., Rapoport B., McLachlan S.M., Human organ-specific autoimmune disease: Molecular cloning and expression of an autoantibody gene repertoire for a major autoantigen reveals an antigenic dominant region and restricted immunoglobulin gene usage in the target organ, J Clin Invest, 92, pp. 62-74, (1993)

[5] Butch A.W., Chung G.-H., Hoffman J.W., Nahm M.H., Cytokine expression by germinal center cells, J Immunol, 150, pp. 39-47, (1993)

[6] Jasani B., Smith C., Williams E.D., Lambda light chain restriction in the diffuse thyroid lymphoid infiltrate in untreated Graves' disease, J Endocrinol Invest, 9, (1986)

[7] Brodeur P.H., Genes encoding the immunoglobulin variable regions, Molecular genetics of immunoglobulin, pp. 81-84, (1987)

[8] Rosen C.E., Raikow R.B., Burde R.M., Kennerdell J.S., Mosseri M., Scalise D., Immunohistochemical evidence for IgAl involvement in Graves' ophthalmopathy, Ophthalmology, 99, pp. 146-152, (1992)

[1] Weetman A.P., Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy, Autoimmunity, 12, pp. 215-222, (1992)

[2] Campbell R.J., Immunology of Graves' ophthalmopathy retrobulbar histology and histochemistry, Acta Endocrinol, 121, pp. 9-16, (1989)

[3] Huse W.D., Sastry L., Iverson S.A., Kang A.S., Alting-Mees M., Burton D.R., Et al., Generation of a large combinatorial library of the immunoglobulin repertoire in phage lambda, Science, 246, pp. 1275-1281, (1989)

[4] Chazenbalk G.D., Portolano S., Russo D., Hutchison J.S., Rapoport B., McLachlan S.M., Human organ-specific autoimmune disease: Molecular cloning and expression of an autoantibody gene repertoire for a major autoantigen reveals an antigenic dominant region and restricted immunoglobulin gene usage in the target organ, J Clin Invest, 92, pp. 62-74, (1993)

[5] Butch A.W., Chung G.-H., Hoffman J.W., Nahm M.H., Cytokine expression by germinal center cells, J Immunol, 150, pp. 39-47, (1993)

[6] Jasani B., Smith C., Williams E.D., Lambda light chain restriction in the diffuse thyroid lymphoid infiltrate in untreated Graves' disease, J Endocrinol Invest, 9, (1986)

[7] Brodeur P.H., Genes encoding the immunoglobulin variable regions, Molecular genetics of immunoglobulin, pp. 81-84, (1987)

[8] Rosen C.E., Raikow R.B., Burde R.M., Kennerdell J.S., Mosseri M., Scalise D., Immunohistochemical evidence for IgAl involvement in Graves' ophthalmopathy, Ophthalmology, 99, pp. 146-152, (1992)