Interleukin-15 and its role in chronic inflammatory diseases

Inflammation Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 285-289

  Kirman, I ^a   Vainer, B ^b   Nielsen, O H ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Interleukin 15; T cells; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-15; MACROPHAGES;

EID: 0031852876     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050331     Document Type: Review

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