Macrophage infiltration at the neuromuscular junction does not contribute to AChR loss and age-related resistance to EAMG

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Hoedemaekers, Astrid ^a   Graus, Yvo ^a,b   Beijleveld, Leo ^a,c   Van Breda Vriesman, Peter ^a   De Baets, Marc ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; complement; experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis; macrophages; resistance

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030995236     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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