Chlamydia trachomatis infection of epithelial cells induces the activation of caspase-1 and release of mature IL-18

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1463-1469

  Lu, Hang ^a   Shen, Caixia ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034254559     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.3.1463     Document Type: Article

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