Serologic response to the Borrelia burgdorferi flagellin demonstrates an epitope common to a neuroblastoma cell line.
Fikrig E, Berland R, Chen M, Williams S, Sigal LH, Flavell RA. Serologic response to the Borrelia burgdorferi flagellin demonstrates an epitope common to a neuroblastoma cell line. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1993, 90: 183-187. PMID: 7678336, PMCID: PMC45624, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.1.183.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroblastoma cell linesHuman neuroblastoma cell linePatient seraCell linesPathogenesis of neuroborreliosisNeural tissueB. burgdorferi flagellinB-cell epitopesAmino acids 213Neurologic manifestationsSerologic responseSpecific B-cell epitopesBorrelia burgdorferi flagellinImmune responseLyme borreliosisMonoclonal antibodiesRecombinant fusion proteinSerumAntibodiesBorrelia burgdorferiEpitopesEpitope mappingFlagellinTissueNeuroborreliosis