Human keratinocytes are major producers of IL-18: Predominant expression of the unprocessed form

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-390

  Companjen, A R ^a   Van der Velden, V H J ^a   Vooys, A ^a   Debets, R ^a   Benner, R ^a   Prens, E P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IL 18; Inflammation; Keratinocyte; Psoriasis; Skin; Th1

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; KERATINOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; KERATINOCYTES; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MONOCYTES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034456694     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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