Expression of class II MHC molecules in the rat pineal gland during development and effects of treatment with carbon tetrachloride

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Sato, Tetsuji ^a   Kaneko, Michinari ^a   Hama, Atsuko ^a   Kusakari, Tadayo ^a   Fujieda, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Dendritic cell; Development; Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; MHC class II antigen; Pineal gland; Rat (Wistar)

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYSOSOME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0029869395     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050567     Document Type: Article

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