Distribution of IL-18 and IL-18 receptor in human skin: Various forms of IL-18 are produced in keratinocytes

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 325-333

  Koizumi, H ^a   Sato Matsumura, Kazuko C ^a   Nakamura, Hideki ^a   Shida, Kyoko ^b   Kikkawa, Satomi ^b   Matsumoto, Misako ^c   Toyoshima, Kumao ^b   Seya, Tsukasa ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Organization for Pharmaceutical Safety and Research OPSR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Epidermis; Interferon ; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWEAT GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034890041     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030100237     Document Type: Article

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