MHC class II expression on human heart microvascular endothelial cells: Exquisite sensitivity to interferon-γ and natural killer cells

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1175-1180

  McDouall, Rhoda M ^a   Batten, Puspa ^a   McCormack, Ann ^a   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a   Rose, Marlene L ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0030725281     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199710270-00016     Document Type: Article

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