Upregulation of lymphoid and renal interferon-γ mRNA in autoimmune MRL-Fas(lpr) mice with lupus nephritis

Inflammation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-112

  Fan, Xiaohong ^a   Wüthrich, Rudolf P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARENCHYMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SPLEEN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030959970     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027399027170     Document Type: Article

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