In vivo and in vitro activities of the gp130-stimulating designer cytokine Hyper-IL-6

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3575-3581

  Peters, Malte ^a   Blinn, Guido ^a   Solem, Fian ^a   Fischer, Martina ^a   Zum Büschenfelde, Karl Hermann Meyer ^a   Rose John, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032194108     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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