The major myelin protein genes are expressed in the human thymus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 812-819

  Pribyl, T M ^a   Campagnoni, C ^a   Kampf, K ^a   Handley, V W ^a   Campagnoni, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; multiple sclerosis; myelin basic protein; myelin proteolipid protein; thymic macrophage

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

EID: 0029744318     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960915)45:6<812::AID-JNR18>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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