Cutting edge: IL-18-transgenic mice: In vivo evidence of a broad role for IL-18 in modulating immune function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7014-7018

  Hoshino, T ^a   Kawase, Y ^a   Okamoto, M ^a   Yokota, K ^a   Yoshino, K ^a   Yamamura, K I ^a   Miyazaki, J I ^a   Young, H A ^a   Oizumi, K ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035876905     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7014     Document Type: Article

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