Synovial stimulatory protein fragments copurify with woodchuck hepatitis virus: implications for the etiology of arthritis in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Feb;44(2):486-7. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(200102)44:2<486::AID-ANR69>3.0.CO;2-P.

Authors

A Mehta¹, X Lu, T Block, A Willis, R Dwek, B Tennant, B Blumberg

Affiliation

¹ Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 11229482
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200102)44:2<486::AID-ANR69>3.0.CO;2-P

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antigens, Surface / blood
Arthritis / virology
Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck / isolation & purification*
Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications
Humans
Peptide Fragments / isolation & purification*
Synovial Membrane / chemistry*

Substances

Antigens, Surface
Peptide Fragments