Functional blocking monoclonal antibodies against IL-12p40 homodimer inhibit adoptive transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 5013-5023

  Mondal, Susanta ^a   Roy, Avik ^a   Pahan, Kalipada ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P40 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; MICE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 65249137220     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0801734     Document Type: Article

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