Interleukin-18 plays a role in both the alum-induced T helper 2 response and the T helper 1 response induced by alum-adsorbed interleukin-12

Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-143

  Pollock, Kevin G J ^a   Conacher, Margaret ^b   Wei, Xiao Qing ^a   Alexander, James ^c   Brewer, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0037329294     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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