The involvement of IL-12 in murine experimentally induced autoimmune thyroid disease

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1933-1942

  Zaccone, Paola ^a   Hutchings, Paddy ^b   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^c   Penna, Giuseppe ^d   Adorini, Luciano ^d   Cooke, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ROCHE MILANO RICERCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune thyroid disease; IL 12; Isotype switching; Knockout

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P40; THYROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0033065120     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1933::AID-IMMU1933>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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