Calcineurin antagonists inhibit interferon-gamma production by downregulation of interleukin-18 in human mixed lymphocyte reactions

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 201-209

  Kuinose, Masahiko ^a   Iwagaki, Hiromi ^a   Morimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Kohka, Hideo ^a   Kobashi, Kenta ^a   Sadamori, Hiroshi ^a   Inagaki, Masaru ^a   Urushihara, Naoto ^a   Yagi, Takahito ^a   Tanaka, Noriaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcineurin antagonist; Cyclosporin; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE;

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORINE; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0034303236     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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