Temporary depletion of complement component C3 or genetic deficiency of C1q significantly delays onset of scrapie

Nature Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 485-487

  Mabbott, Neil A ^a   Bruce, Moira E ^a   Botto, Marina ^b   Walport, Mark J ^b   Pepys, Mark B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBROTOXIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCRAPIE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; SCRAPIE PRION;

EID: 0035053039     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/86562     Document Type: Article

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