Helping the body to cure itself: Immune modulation by therapeutic vaccination for spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Schwartz, Michal ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Inflammation, CNS; Protection; Protective autoimmunity; Regeneration; Spinal cord injuries; T cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037593672     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2003.11753719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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