Gender differences in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis develop during the induction of the immune response to encephalitogenic peptides

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 420-426

  Bebo Jr , Bruce F ^a,b   Schuster, Jeanette C ^b   Vandenbark, Arthur A ^a,b   Offner, Halina ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Proteolipid protein; Sex

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOGENIC PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL LINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 2642648645     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980515)52:4<420::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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