Regulation of interferon-γ production by IL-12 and IL-18

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-264

  Okamura, Haruki ^a   Kashiwamura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroko ^b   Yoshimoto, Tomohiro ^b   Nakanishi, Kenji ^a,b  

^a Inst Adv Med Sci 1 1 M   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON INDUCING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HELPER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031860165     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80163-5     Document Type: Article

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