Microglia are more efficient than astrocytes in antigen processing and in Th1 but not Th2 cell activation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4671-4680

  Aloisi, Francesca ^a,d   Ria, Francesco ^b   Penna, Giuseppe ^c   Adorini, Luciano ^c  

^a Neurobiology Section   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ROCHE MILANO RICERCHE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROGLIA; OVALBUMIN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032524997     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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