Astrocytes and microglia produce interleukin-12 p40

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 795, Issue , 1996, Pages 328-333

  Constantinescu, C S ^a   Frei, K ^b   Wysocka, M ^c   Trinchieri, G ^c   Malipiero, U ^b   Rostami, A ^b   Fontana, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030479069     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52684.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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