Gender bias in Theiler's virus-induced demyelinating disease correlates with the level of antiviral immune responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3955-3963

  Fuller, Alyson C ^a   Kang, Bongsu ^a   Kang, Hee Kap ^a   Yahikozowa, Hiroyuki ^a   Dal Canto, Mauro C ^a   Kim, Byung S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS INDUCTION;

EID: 24744442574     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.6.3955     Document Type: Article

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