Major histocompatibility complex class II antigens are required for both cytokine production and proliferation induced by mercuric chloride in vitro

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 441-446

  Hu, Hui ^a   Möller, Göran ^a   Abedi Valugerdi, Manuchehr ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Major histocompatibility complex class II; Mercury; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0343990698     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1997.9997     Document Type: Article

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