The costimulatory effect of IL-18 on the induction of antigen-specific IFN-γ production by resting T cells is IL-12 dependent and is mediated by up-regulation of the IL-12 receptor β2 subunit

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1113-1119

  Chang, John T ^a,b   Segal, Benjamin M ^a   Nakanishi, Kenji ^c   Okamura, Haruki ^c   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; IFN ; IL 12 receptor; Th1 lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

EID: 0034002472     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(200004)30:4<1113::AID-IMMU1113>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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