Evidence of a role for C4 in modulating interstitial inflammation in experimental glomerulonephritis

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 366-370

  Welch, Thomas R ^a   Frenzke, Marie ^a   Carroll, Michael C ^b   Witte, David P ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035214171     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.2001.5125     Document Type: Article

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