Expression of cytokine mRNA in extrahepatic organs in a mouse concanavalin A-hepatitis model

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-225

  Okamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^a   Asakura, Wataru ^a   Kobayashi, Tadashi ^a   Tsuzuike, Naoki ^b   Hara, Kaoru ^a  

^a Nippon Chemiphar Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b ZERIA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concanavalin A; Cytokine mRNA; Extrahepatic organ; Hepatitis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031689359     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.77.219     Document Type: Article

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