An immuno-polymerase chain reaction assay for human interleukin-18

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 173-180

  Furuya, Daisuke ^a   Yagihashi, Atsuhito ^a   Yajima, Tomomi ^a   Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   Orita, Kunzo ^b   Kurimoto, Masashi ^b   Watanabe, Naoki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immuno polymerase chain reaction; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034697389     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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