Permeability of the blood-brain and blood-spinal cord barriers to interferons

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Pan, Weihong ^a   Banks, William A ^a   Kastin, Abba J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Interferons; Permeability; Spinal cord; TNF ; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INTERFERONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PERMEABILITY; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030992694     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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