Prevention of splenic granuloma formation in adjuvant arthritis by 2- acetyl-4-tetrahydroxybutylimidazole (THI)

Immunology Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Gugasyan, Raffi ^a   Clouston, David ^b   Mandel, Thomas ^b   Wicks, Ian ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

2 acetyl 4 tetrahydroxybutylimidazole; Adjuvant induced arthritis; Immunosuppression; THI

Indexed keywords

2 ACETYL 4 TETRAHYDROXYBUTYLIMIDAZOLE; ADJUVANT; FOOD DYE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; GRANULOMA; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0030868826     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(97)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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