Suppressive effects of 4-acetylaminophenylacetic acid (actarit) on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in rats

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-138

  Kawai, Kuniyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a   Hirayama, Mikio ^b   Shiratori, Masayuki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actarit; EAE; Rat; Semi quantitative PCR; Therapeutic effect

Indexed keywords

ACTARIT; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLACETATES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031824248     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(98)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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