Mice with an inactivation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene are susceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1332-1338

  Sahrbacher, Ulrike C ^a   Lechner, Franziska ^a   Eugster, Hans Pietro ^a   Frei, Karl ^a   Lassmann, Hans ^b   Fontana, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Peroxynitrite

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OLIGODENDROCYTE MYELIN GLYCOPROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE-MYELIN GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0031960227     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199804)28:04<1332::aid-immu1332>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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