Interferon-induced Mx proteins in brain tissue of multiple sclerosis patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-726

  Al Masri, A N ^b   Heidenreich, F ^b   Walter, G F ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Multiple sclerosis; Mx proteins; Type I interferons

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN A; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPENDYMA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE I; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449153584     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02573.x     Document Type: Article

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