Therapeutic effects of interleukin-6 blockade in a murine model of polymyositis that does not require interleukin-17A

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2505-2512

  Okiyama, Naoko ^a   Sugihara, Takahiko ^b   Iwakura, Yoichiro ^c   Yokozeki, Hiroo ^b   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Kohsaka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6;

EID: 68049088818     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24689     Document Type: Article

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