DBA/1 mice expressing the human TNF-α transgene develop a severe, erosive arthritis: Characterization of the cytokine cascade and cellular composition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2867-2876

  Butler, Debra M ^a   Malfait, Anne Marie ^a   Mason, Lesley J ^a   Warden, Paul J ^a   Kollias, George ^b   Maini, Ravinder N ^a   Feldmann, Marc ^a   Brennan, Fionula M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031571745     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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