Contribution of IL-18 to Th1 response and host defense against infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A comparative study with IL-12p40

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 323-329

  Kinjo, Yuki ^a   Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Uezu, Kaori ^a   Yara, Satomi ^a   Miyagi, Kazuya ^a   Koguchi, Yoshinobu ^a   Hoshino, Tomoaki ^a   Okamoto, Masaki ^a   Kawase, Yusuke ^a   Yokota, Koichi ^a   Yoshino, Kohichiro ^a   Takeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Akira, Shizuo ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036644065     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.1.323     Document Type: Article

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