Serum IL-8 levels and localization of IL-8 in liver from patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1630-1634

  Masumoto, Toshikazu ^a   Ohkubo, Keiji ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhisa ^a   Ninomiya, Tsuneyuki ^a   Abe, Masanori ^a   Akbar, S M Fazle ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 8

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 0031768980     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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