A tumor necrosis factor-induced model of human primary demyelinating diseases develops in immunodeficient mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 912-917

  Kassiotis, George ^a   Bauer, Jan ^b   Akassoglou, Katerina ^a   Lassmann, Hans ^b   Kollias, George ^a   Probert, Lesley ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Demyelination; Disease model; Inflammation; TNF transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033056367     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199903)29:03<912::aid-immu912>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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