Oversecretion of IL-18 in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A novel marker of disease activity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 182-189

  Takada, Hidetoshi ^a,c   Ohga, Shoutchi ^a   Mizuno, Yumi ^b   Suminoe, Aiko ^a   Matsuzaki, Akinobu ^a   Ihara, Kenji ^a   Kinukawa, Naoko ^c   Ohshima, Koichi ^d   Kohno, Keizo ^e   Kurimoto, Masashi ^e   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hosp   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 18; Soluble Fas ligand; Th1 cells

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

CELL COMMUNICATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032855445     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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