Murine systemic autoimmune disease induced by mercuric chloride: T helper cells reacting to self proteins

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-20

  Kubicka Muranyi, Malgorzata ^a   Kremer, Joachim ^a   Rottmann, Norbert ^b   Lübben, Birgit ^b   Albers, Ruud ^c   Bloksma, Nanne ^c   Lührmann, Reinhard ^b   Gleichmann, Ernst ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Fibrillarin; Mercuric chloride; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029655257     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237226     Document Type: Article

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