Mature form of interleukin 18 is expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue and contributes to interferon-γ production by synovial T cells

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1779-1787

  Tanaka, M ^a   Harigai, M ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Ohta, S ^a   Sugiura, T ^a   Takagi, K ^a   Ohsako Higami, S ^a   Fukasawa, C ^a   Hara, M ^a   Kamatani, N ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 18; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovium

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034909059     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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