Cytokine gene expression in the MRL/lpr model of lupus nephritis

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Lemay, Serge ^a   Mao, Changchuin ^a   Singh, Ajay K ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0029831603     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.290     Document Type: Article

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