Autoimmune hypophysitis of SJL mice: Clinical insights from a new animal model

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3461-3469

  Tzou, Shey Cherng ^a   Lupi, Isabella ^a,c   Landek, Melissa ^a   Gutenberg, Angelika ^a,d   Tzou, Ywh Min ^e   Kimura, Hiroaki ^a   Pinna, Giovanni ^f   Rose, Noel R ^a,b   Caturegli, Patrizio ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; AUTOANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR;

EID: 46349084623     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1692     Document Type: Article

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