IL-21 in synergy with IL-15 or IL-18 enhances IFN-γ production in human NK and T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5464-5469

  Strengell, Mari ^a   Matikainen, Sampsa ^a   Sirén, Jukka ^a   Lehtonen, Anne ^a   Foster, Don ^b   Julkunen, Ilkka ^a   Sareneva, Timo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ZYMOGENETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037514399     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5464     Document Type: Article

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