Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are essential to induce experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Zhang, Guang Xian ^a   Xiao, Bao Guo ^a   Bakhiet, Moiz ^a   Van Der Meide, Peter ^b   Wigzell, Hans ^c   Link, Hans ^a   Olsson, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0029809336     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.349     Document Type: Article

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