Expression of IL-18 in psoriasis

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 334-342

  Ohta, Yukinori ^a,b   Hamada, Yuko ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 18 (IL 18); Interleukin 18 binding protein (IL 18BP); Keratinocyte; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATINOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TH1 CELL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-18; PSORIASIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034884940     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030100240     Document Type: Article

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