Antibodies to the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) can be induced in HBeAg-transgenic mice by adoptive transfer of a specific T-helper 2 cell clone

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 630-632

  Hultgren, Catharina ^a   Milich, David R ^b   Sällberg, Matti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030752582     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.5.630-632.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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