Expression of the myelin proteolipid protein gene in the human fetal thymus

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Pribyl, Thomas M ^a   Campagnoni, Celia W ^a   Kampf, Kathy ^a   Kashima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Handley, Vance W ^a   McMahon, James ^b   Campagnoni, Anthony T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Eve Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Myelin proteins; Neural antigens; Thymic expression

Indexed keywords

MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; ETIOLOGY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

EID: 0030200137     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(96)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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