Lymphotoxin-α- and lymphotoxin-β-deficient mice differ in susceptibility to scrapie: Evidence against dendritic cell involvement in neuroinvasion

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4357-4363

  Oldstone, Michael B A ^a   Race, Richard ^a   Thomas, Diane ^a   Lewicki, Hanna ^a   Homann, Dirk ^a   Smelt, Sara ^a   Holz, Andreas ^a   Koni, Pandelakis ^a   Lo, David ^a   Chesebro, Bruce ^a   Flavell, Richard ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0036230174     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.9.4357-4363.2002     Document Type: Article

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