IL-18 Protects Mice Against Pulmonary and Disseminated Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans by Inducing IFN-γ Production

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5528-5534

  Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Qureshi, Mahboob Hossain ^a   Zhang, Tiantuo ^a   Okamura, Haruki ^b   Kurimoto, Masashi ^c   Saito, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DBA MOUSE; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INTERFERON INDUCERS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031303092     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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