A critical role for lymphotoxin in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1233-1240

  Suen, Winnie E ^a   Bergman, Cheryl M ^a   Hjelmström, Peter ^a   Ruddle, Nancy H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPINAL CORD; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030856118     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.8.1233     Document Type: Article

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