Modulation of immune responses and suppression of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis by surgical denervation of the spleen

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Bakhiet, M ^a,b,c   Yu, L Y ^c   Ozenci V ^b   Khan, A ^c   Shi, F D ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BAHRAIN DEFENSE FORCE HOSPITAL   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Denervation; MG; Proliferation; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPLEEN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH3 CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CORTICOSTERONE; DENERVATION; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33645851336     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03054.x     Document Type: Article

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