Primary demyelination in transgenic mice expressing interferon-γ

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1037-1041

  Horwitz, Marc S ^a   Evans, Claire F ^a   McGavern, Dorian B ^b   Roriguez, Moses ^b   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; INTERFERON INDUCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030761012     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0997-1037     Document Type: Article

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