Complement C1q is dramatically up-regulated in brain microglia in response to transient global cerebral ischemia

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5446-5452

  Schäfer, Martin K H ^a   Schwaeble, Wilhelm J ^a,b   Post, Claes ^c,d   Salvati, Patricia ^c,e   Calabresi, Marcello ^c,e   Sim, Robert B ^f   Petry, Franz ^g   Loos, Michael ^g   Weihe, Eberhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Melacure Therapeutics AB   (Sweden)

^e Newron Pharmaceuticals   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0343962980     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.10.5446     Document Type: Article

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