Production of IL-18 (IFN-γ-lnducing Factor) Messenger RNA and Functional Protein by Murine Keratinocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 298-302

  Stoll, Sabine ^a   Müller, Gabriele ^a   Kurimoto, Masashi ^b   Saloga, Joachim ^a   Tanimoto, Tadao ^b   Yamauchi, Hiroshi ^b   Okamura, Haruki ^c   Knop, Jürgen ^a   Enk, Alexander H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031181474     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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