IL-18, a novel immunoregulatory cytokine, is up-regulated in Crohn's disease: Expression and localization in intestinal mucosal cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6829-6835

  Pizarro, Theresa T ^a   Michie, Miette H ^a   Bentz, Marcia ^a   Woraratanadharm, Jan ^a   Smith Jr , Michael F ^a   Foley, Eugene ^a   Moskaluk, Christopher A ^a   Bickston, Stephen J ^a   Cominelli, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUCOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033152023     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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