IL-12 directs severe renal injury, crescent formation and Th1 responses in murine glomerulonephritis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Kitching, A Richard ^a,b   Tipping, Peter G ^a   Holdsworth, Stephen R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; IL 12; IL 4; Kidney glomerulus; Th1

Indexed keywords

GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HELPER CELL; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0032895967     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199901)29:01<1::AID-IMMU1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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