Iron-deficient mice fail to develop autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2635-2638

  Grant, Sharon M ^a   Wiesinger, Jason A ^a   Beard, John L ^a   Cantorna, Margherita T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Iron; Mice; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; IRON; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041709345     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.8.2635     Document Type: Article

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