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1990 • 1,303 citations

Myasthenia Gravis

1994 • 1,090 citations

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1994 • 895 citations

Suppressor T cells generated by oral tolerization to myelin basic protein suppress both in vitro and in vivo immune responses by the release of transforming growth factor beta after antigen-specific triggering.

1992 • 734 citations

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1985 • 397 citations

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1988 • 341 citations

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1988 • 298 citations

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1984 • 237 citations

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1990 • 163 citations

Myasthenia gravis

1993 • 150 citations

Myasthenia gravis-like syndrome induced by expression of interferon gamma in the neuromuscular junction.

1995 • 133 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta suppresses human B lymphocyte Ig production by inhibiting synthesis and the switch from the membrane form to the secreted form of Ig mRNA.

1991 • 123 citations

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1991 • 122 citations

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1991 • 108 citations

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1991 • 107 citations

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1993 • 87 citations

Myasthenia gravis

1986 • 82 citations

Lymphokines in Autoimmunity—A Critical Review

1994 • 82 citations

Organ‐specific autoantigens induce interferon‐γ and interleukin‐4 mRNA expression in mononuclear cells in multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis

1994 • 77 citations

Transforming growth factor-β1 inhibits tumor necrosis factor-α/lymphotoxin production and adoptive transfer of disease by effector cells of autoimmune encephalomyelitis

1994 • 69 citations

Immunosuppressive therapy of autoimmune diseases

1993 • 66 citations

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1992 • 60 citations

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1994 • 57 citations

Evaluation of la expression in rat ocular tissues following inoculation with interferon-gamma

1990 • 51 citations

Transforming growth factor-β1 suppresses autoantigen-induced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines but not of interleukin-10 in multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis

1995 • 50 citations

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1988 • 23 citations