IFN-γ is essential for the development of autoimmune glomerulonephritis in MRL/lpr mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5484-5491

  Haas, Cordula ^a   Ryffel, Bernhard ^b   Le Hir, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON;

EID: 0031155269     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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