Oral feeding of interferon τ can prevent the acute and chronic relapsing forms of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Soos, Jeanne M ^a,c   Mujtaba, Mustafa G ^a   Subramaniam, Prem S ^a   Streit, Wolfgang J ^b   Johnson, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; interferon tau; interleukin 10; myelin basic protein

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TAU INTERFERON;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; PARALYSIS; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030965483     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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