Cytokines and autoimmune β cell destruction in NOD mouse fetal pancreas isografts in cyclophosphamide-induced diabetes

Autoimmunity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Kovarik, J ^a   Faulkner Jones, B E ^b   Koulmanda, M ^a   Mandel, T E ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Cytokine and chemokine mRNA; Fetal islets grafts; NOD mice; RT PCR; cell destruction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031422060     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939709008030     Document Type: Article

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