A sensitive bioassay for chicken interleukin-18 based on the inducible release of preformed interferon-γ

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Puehler, Florian ^a   Göbel, Thomas ^b   Breyer, Ulrike ^b   Ohnemus, Annette ^a   Staeheli, Peter ^a   Kaspers, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Chicken; Interferon ; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LINE; CHICKEN; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; KINETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037374097     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00515-X     Document Type: Article

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