Targeted CNS expression of interferon-γ in transgenic mice leads to hypomyelination, reactive gliosis, and abnormal cerebellar development

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 354-370

  Corbin, Joshua G ^a   Kelly, Donna ^c   Rath, Erick M ^a   Baerwald, Kristine D ^a   Suzuki, Kinuko ^a,b   Popko, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIOSIS; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030135421     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0026     Document Type: Article

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