Interleukin 6 knock-out mice are resistant to antigen-induced experimental arthritis

Cytokine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1057-1064

  Boe, Alessandra ^a   Baiocchi, Marta ^a   Carbonatto, Michela ^b   Papoian, Ruben ^a   Serlupi Crescenzi, Ottaviano ^a  

^a Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

^b Merck Serono SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigen induced arthritis; IL 6; Ko mice

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033393367     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1999.0502     Document Type: Article

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