Immune function of astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 180-190

  Dong, Yuanshu ^a   Benveniste, Etty N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Chemokines; Cytokines; Immune reactivity; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MHC CLASS II TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYTOKINES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035153212     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.1107     Document Type: Article

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