Mechanism of mercury-induced autoimmunity: Both T helper 1- and T helper 2-type responses are involved

Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 348-357

  Hu, H ^a   Moller G ^a   Abedi Valugerdi, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; KIDNEY ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MERCURY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY; MERCURY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033021143     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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