Interleukin 12 upregulates the release of vascular permeability factor by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with lipoid nephrosis

Nephron

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-409

  Matsumoto, Koichi ^a   Ohi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 12 antagonists; Lipoid nephrosis; Vascular permeability factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LIPOID NEPHROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0031977949     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000044968     Document Type: Article

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