Association between Anti-Ganglionic Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (gAChR) Antibodies and HLA-DRB1 Alleles in the Japanese Population.

Anti-ganglionic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (gAChR) antibodies are observed in autoimmune diseases, as well as in patients with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. However, the genetic background of anti-gAChR antibodies is unclear. Here, we investigated HLA alleles in autoimmune hepatitis (AI...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Maeda, Kiyoshi Migita, Osamu Higuchi, Akihiro Mukaino, Hiroshi Furukawa, Atsumasa Komori, Minoru Nakamura, Satoru Hashimoto, Shinya Nagaoka, Seigo Abiru, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Hidenori Matsuo, Atsushi Kawakami, Michio Yasunami, Shunya Nakane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726510?pdf=render