Interleukin-18

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-224

  Gracie, J Alastair ^a   Robertson, Susan E ^a   McInnes, Iain B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cytokine; Infectious disease; Inflammation; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA LIBRARY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; MURINAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 0037310025     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0602313     Document Type: Review

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