In vivo antiviral effect of interleukin 18 in a mouse model of vaccinia virus infection

Cytokine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 593-599

  Tanaka Kataoka, Mari ^a   Kunikata, Toshio ^b   Takayama, Satoru ^b   Ohashi, Kunihiro ^b   Ikeda, Masao ^b   Kurimoto, Masashi ^b  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiviral; IFN ; IL 18

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033179104     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1998.0453     Document Type: Article

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