Cellular mRNA expression of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), IL-4 and IL-10 relates to resistance to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) in young Lewis rats

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-528

  Shi, F D ^a   Zhang, G X ^a   Bai, X F ^a   Van Der Meide, P H ^b   Link, H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; B cells; cytokines; myasthenia gravis; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030953146     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.3881284.x     Document Type: Article

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