Non-responsiveness to mercury-induced autoimmunity in resistant DBA/2 mice is not due to immunosuppression or biased Th1-type response

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 515-521

  Hu, H ^a   Moller G ^a   Abedi Valugerdi, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MERCURIALISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MERCURY; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0031791739     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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