A simple and sensitive bioassay for the detection of human interleukin- 18/interferon-γ-inducing factor using human myelomonocytic KG-1 cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-191

  Konishi, Kaori ^a   Tanabe, Fujimi ^a   Taniguchi, Mutsuko ^a   Yamauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Tanimoto, Tadao ^a   Ikeda, Masao ^a   Orita, Kunzo ^a   Kurimoto, Masashi ^a  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Cytokine; IL 18; Quantification

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SERUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON INDUCERS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031441994     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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