A role for complement in phagocytosis of myelin

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-498

  DeJong, Brigit A ^a   Smith, Marion E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

demyelination; Macrophages; membrane attack complex; microglia; opsonization; phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTISERUM; CARBON 14; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HEATING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030897179     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027372129989     Document Type: Article

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