Experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) in mice lacking the IFN-γ receptor gene

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Alimi, Elizabeth ^a   Huang, Sui ^b   Brazillet, Marie Pierre ^a   Charreire, Jeannine ^a,c  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune thyroidits; IFN ; Knockout mouse; T helper cell subset

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; INTERLEUKIN 10; THYROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031964297     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199801)28:01<201::AID-IMMU201>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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