Class II transactivator and class II MHC gene expression in microglia: Modulation by the cytokines TGF-β, IL-4, IL-13 and IL-10

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1275-1285

  O'Keefe, George M ^a   Nguyen, Vince T ^a   Benveniste, Etty N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Class II MHC; Class II transactivator; Cytokine; Glial cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0032911061     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199904)29:04<1275::AID-IMMU1275>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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