Leptin potentiates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in SJL female mice and confers susceptibility to males

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1324-1332

  Matarese, Giuseppe ^a   Sanna, Veronica ^b   Di Giacomo, Antonio ^c   Lord, Graham M ^d   Howard, Jane K ^d   Bloom, Stephen R ^d   Lechler, Robert I ^d   Fontana, Silvia ^b   Zappacosta, Serafino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliara V Monaldi   (Italy)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; EAE; Leptin; Multiple sclerosis; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEPTIN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034998907     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200105)31:5<1324::AID-IMMU1324>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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