IL-12 and IL-18 are increased and stimulate IFN-γ production in sarcoid lungs

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 642-649

  Shigehara, K ^a   Shijubo, N ^a   Ohmichi, M ^a   Takahashi, R ^a   Kon, S I ^a   Okamura, H ^a   Kurimoto, M ^a   Hiraga, Y ^a   Tatsuno, T ^a   Abe, S ^a   Sato, N ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035168975     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.642     Document Type: Article

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