Requirement for leptin in the induction and progression of autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5909-5916

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

^a Azienda Ospedaliara V Monaldi   (Italy)

^b Ctro Endocrinol ed Oncol S   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0035873418     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.10.5909     Document Type: Article

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