Lack of plasma protein hemopexin dampens mercury-induced autoimmune response in mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1937-1947

  Fagoonee, Sharmila ^a,b   Caorsi, Cristiana ^b,c   Giovarelli, Mirella ^b,c   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^e   Silengo, Lorenzo ^a   Altruda, Fiorella ^a   Camussi, Giovanni ^c,d   Tolosano, Emanuela ^a   Bussolati, Benedetta ^a,c,d  

^a Molecular Biotechnology Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CD71 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEME; HEMOPEXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IRON; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PLASMA PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; KIDNEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOKINES; HEMOPEXIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 49649084476     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.3.1937     Document Type: Article

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