Characterization of arterial antigens using arterial antigen-reactive T cell clones from spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 535-540

  Ofosu Appiah, William ^a   Sfeir, George ^a   Kennell, Allan ^a   Richard, Todd ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial antigen; autoimmunity; hypertension; T cell clones

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; PYROXYLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AORTA; ARTERIES; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030927833     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(96)00510-9     Document Type: Article

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