Chronic graft-versus-host disease-like autoimmune disorders spontaneously occurred in rats with neonatal thymus atrophy

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1731-1740

  Baba, Tomohisa ^a   Ishizu, Akihiro ^a   Ikeda, Hitoshi ^a,b   Miyatake, Yukiko ^a   Tsuji, Takahiro ^a,c   Suzuki, Akira ^a   Tomaru, Utano ^a   Yoshiki, Takashi ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAKODATE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d GeneticLab Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Autoimmune disease; Chronic GVHD; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECIPIENT; SPLEEN CELL; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 20844441125     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425789     Document Type: Article

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