Increased secretion of IL-18 in vitro by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-198

  El Mezzein, R E H ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a,c   Nomiyama, H ^a,b   Miike, T ^a  

^a Department of Child Development ^*  (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Bronchial asthma; IFN ; IL 18

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034773137     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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