Human keratinocytes constitutively produce but do not process interleukin-18

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 330-336

  Mee, J B ^a   Alam, Y ^a   Groves, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Inflammation; Interleukin 18; Keratinocytes; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NICKEL SULFATE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TH1 CELL;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033842374     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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