The autoimmunogenic chemicals HgCl2 and diphenylhydantoin stimulate IgG production to TNP-Ficoll and TNP-OVA, supporting and extending the graft-versus-host hypothesis for chemical induction of autoimmunity

Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 468-473

  Albers, R ^a   Van Der Pijl, A ^a   Seinen, W ^a   Pieters, R ^a   Bloksma, N ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PHENYTOIN; TRINITROPHENYL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FICOLL; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; OVALBUMIN; TNP FICOLL; TNP-FICOLL; TRINITROPHENYL OVALBUMIN; TRINITROPHENYL-OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETIOLOGY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; FICOLL; GRAFT VS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OVALBUMIN; PHENYTOIN; TRINITROBENZENES;

EID: 0029658044     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1996.d01-755.x     Document Type: Article

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