Interleukin 12 in part regulates gamma interferon release in human whole blood stimulated with Leptospira interrogans

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 332-335

  De Fost, Maaike ^a   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^a   Groenendijk, Martijn R ^a   Van der Poll, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037340009     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.2.332-335.2003     Document Type: Article

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