Bioactive IL-18 expression is up-regulated in Crohn's disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-147

  Monteleone, Giovanni ^a,c   Trapasso, Francesco ^a   Parrello, Tiziana ^a   Biancone, Livia ^b   Stella, Antonella ^a   Iuliano, Rodolfo ^a   Luzza, Francesco ^a   Fusco, Alfredo ^a   Pallone, Francesco ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENTERITIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CASPASE 1; CELLS, CULTURED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033168120     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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