Resistance of TNF/LTα double deficient mice to bleomycin-induced fibrosis

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Piguet, Pierre F ^a,d   Kaufman, Stephen ^a   Barazzone, Constance ^b   Muller, Matthias ^c   Ryffel, Bernhard ^b   Eugster, Hans P ^c  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Institut of Toxicology   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bleomycin; fibrosis; TNF

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030896183     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1997.d01-240.x     Document Type: Article

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