Interleukin-1β, interleukin-18, and the interleukin-1β converting enzyme

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 856, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-11

  Dinarello, Charles A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CHEMOKINE; ENDOGENOUS PYROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEVER; INFLAMMATION; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031739525     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08307.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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