Genetic differences in immune reactivity to mercuric chloride (HgCl2): Immunosuppression of H-2(d) mice is mediated by interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Doth, M ^a,e   Fricke, M ^a   Nicoletti, F ^b   Garotta, G ^c   Van Velthuysen, M L ^d   Bruijn, J A ^d   Gleichmann, E ^a,f  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e BAYER AG   (Germany)

^f Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Interferon gamma; Mercuric chloride; Th1 cells; Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030789068     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4041300.x     Document Type: Article

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