IFN-γ-Deficient Mice Develop Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis in the Context of a Deviant Effector Response

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5997-6005

  Jones, Leslie S ^a,b   Rizzo, Luiz V ^a   Agarwal, Rajeev K ^a   Tarrant, Teresa K ^b   Chan, Chi Chao ^a   Wiggert, Barbara ^a   Caspi, Rachel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL-BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; UP-REGULATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031570381     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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