Encephalitogenic potential of myelin basic protein-specific T cells isolated from normal rhesus macaques

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 445-453

  Meinl, Edgar ^a,g   Hoch, Rudolf M ^a   Dornmair, Klaus ^a   De Waal Malefyt, René ^b   Bontrop, Ronald E ^c   Jonker, Margreet ^c   Lassmann, Hans ^d   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^a,e   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   'T Hart, Brt A ^c,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPINAL ROOT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 18744436601     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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