Interleukin-4 down-regulates MHC class II antigens on cultured rat astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Morga, Eleonora ^a   Heuschling, Paul ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

cAMP; cGMP; Gamma interferon; Major histocompatibility complex; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; METABOLISM; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERLEUKIN-4; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030174547     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199606)17:2<175::AID-GLIA9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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