A comparative analysis of the antigenic, structural, and functional properties of three different preparations of recombinant human interleukin- 18

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Kikkawa, Satomi ^a   Shida, Kyoko ^a   Okamura, Haruki ^b   Begum, Nasim A ^a   Matsumoto, Misako ^a,c   Tsuji, Shoutaro ^a,c   Nomura, Midori ^a,c   Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^d   Toyoshima, Kumao ^a   Seya, Tsukasa ^a,c,e  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research OPSR   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Osaka Medical Center for Cancer   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; INTERFERON INDUCERS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033999594     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999000312586     Document Type: Article

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