Inhibition of in vitro immunoglobulin production by IL-12 in murine chronic graft-vs.-host disease: Synergism with IL-18

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2017-2024

  Lauwerys, Bernard R ^a   Renauld, Jean Christophe ^b   Houssiau, Frédéric A ^a,c  

^a Louvain Medical School   (Belgium)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Graft vs. host disease; IL 12; IL 18; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SPLEEN; TH2 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031841214     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199806)28:06<2017::AID-IMMU2017>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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