Failure to suppress the expansion of the activated CD4 T cell population in interferon γ-deficient mice leads to exacerbation of experimental autoimnaune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Chu, Cong Qiu ^a   Wittmer, Susan ^a   Dalton, Dyana K ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal disease models; Apoptosis; Autoimmune diseases; Knockout mice; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HOMOZYGOTE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034601012     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.1.123     Document Type: Article

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