Detailed in vivo analysis of interferon-γ induced major histocompatibility complex expression in the central nervous system: Astrocytes fail to express major histocompatibility complex class I and II molecules

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-242

  Horwitz, Marc S ^a   Evans, Claire F ^a   Klier, F George ^a   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERFERON TYPE II; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 0033027434     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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