Quantitation of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and myelin basic protein in the thymus and central nervous system and its relationship to the clinicopathologic features of autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 606-613

  Sakuma, Hiroshi ^a   Park, Il Kwon ^a   Kohyama, Kuniko ^a   Feng, Dongyun ^a   Matsumoto, Yoh ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EAE; Lesion distribution; Myelin basic protein; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; BRAIN ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33746900123     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20967     Document Type: Article

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