Mice overexpressing Bcl-2 in their neurons are resistant to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Offen, D ^a   Kaye, J F ^a   Bernard, O ^a   Merims, D ^a   Coire, C I ^a   Panet, H ^a   Melamed, E ^a   Ben Nun, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE); Multiple sclerosis (MS); Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034455884     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:15:3:167     Document Type: Article

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