IgG1 plasmacytosis in interleukin 6 transgenic mice.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 01, 1989

Authors

S Suematsu1, T Matsuda, K Aozasa, S Akira, N Nakano, S Ohno, J Miyazaki, K Yamamura, T Hirano, T Kishimoto

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1: Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan.

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