IFN-γ-deficient mice develop severe granulomatous experimental autoimmune thyroiditis with eosinophil infiltration in thyroids

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5105-5112

  Tang, Haiwen ^a   Sharp, Gordon C ^a   Peterson, Karin P ^a   Braley Mullen, Helen ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; EOSINOPHIL; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICLE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; GRANULOMA; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0032524966     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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