Disruption of the IL-1β gene diminishes acetylcholine receptor-induced immune responses in a murine model of myasthenia gravis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 225-232

  Stan, Alexandru C ^a,b   Casares, Sofia ^a   Brumeanu, Teodor Doru ^a   Klinman, Dennis M ^c   Bona, Constantin A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CBER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cytokine; Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLEIOTROPY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; IMMUNIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0034746345     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200101)31:1<225::AID-IMMU225>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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