Interleukin 4 gene-defective mice reconstituted with wild-type bone marrow fail to produce normal immunoglobulin E levels

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1487-1493

  Lange, Claudia ^a   Schüler, Thomas ^a   Blankenstein, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LARVA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NOCARDIA; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 2642622573     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.9.1487     Document Type: Article

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