Decreased IL-12 production underlies the decreased ability of male lymph node cells to induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5561-5568

  Kim, Sookhyun ^a   Voskuhl, Rhonda R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EGG WHITE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 0033136305     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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