Cytokine mRNA expression in the B/W mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus - Analyses of strain, gender, and age effects

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-268

  McMurray, Robert W ^a   Hoffman, Robert W ^a,b,c   Nelson, Wanda ^c   Walker, Sara E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0031239964     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4390     Document Type: Article

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