Abnormal response to glutamate of T lymphocytes from multiple sclerosis patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-8

  Lombardi, Grazia ^a   Miglio, Gianluca ^a   Canonico, Pier Luigi ^a   Naldi, Paola ^a   Comi, Cristoforo ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Intracellular Ca2+; Lymphocyte; Multiple sclerosis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0037417164     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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