Non-coding plasmid DNA induces IFN-γ in vivo and suppresses autoimmune encephalomyelitis

International Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Boccaccio, Graciela L ^a   Mor, Felix ^a   Steinman, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cytokines; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Gene therapy; Multiple sclerosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLASMID DNA;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPH NODES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPLEEN; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0033010444     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.2.289     Document Type: Article

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