TNFα suppresses IFNγ-induced MHC class II expression on retinal pigmented epithelial cells cultures

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Makhoul, Maya ^a   Bruyns, Catherine ^a   Edimo, William'S Elong ^a   Relvas, Lia Judice ^a,b   Bazewicz, Magdalena ^a,b   Koch, Philippe ^a,b   Caspers, Laure ^b   Willermain, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

class II transactivator; cytokines; MHCII; retinal pigment epithelium; uveitis

Indexed keywords

CLASS II TRANSACTIVATOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLIXIMAB; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON-GAMMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84856523513     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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