Interleukin 18 contributes to host resistance and gamma interferon production in mice infected with virulent Salmonella typhimurium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 478-483

  Mastroeni, Pietro ^a   Clare, S ^a   Khan, S ^c   Harrison, J A ^b   Hormaeche, C E ^b   Okamura, H ^d   Kurimoto, M ^e   Dougan, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Clin Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0032913015     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.478-483.1999     Document Type: Article

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