Elevated expression of transmembrane IL-15 in immune cells correlates with the development of murine lupus: A potential target for immunotherapy against SLE

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Bo, H ^a,b   Wei, X Q ^c   Dong, H ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Lv, P ^a   Liu, W ^a   Koutoulaki, A ^c   Gao, X M ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 15;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; INTERLEUKIN-15; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-15; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 58849147143     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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