Galectin-1 exerts immunomodulatory and protective effects on Concanavalin A-induced hepatitis in mice

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-406

  Santucci, Luca ^a,b   Fiorucci, Stefano ^a   Cammilleri, Francesco ^a   Servillo, Giuseppe ^a   Federici, Barbara ^a   Morelli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GALECTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEPATITIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033964385     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310220     Document Type: Article

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