Elevation of serum interleukin-18 levels and activation of Kupffer cells in biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 446-449

  Urushihara, Naoto ^a   Iwagaki, Hiromi ^a   Yagi, Takahito ^a   Kohka, Hideo ^a   Kobashi, Kenta ^a   Morimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Yoshino, Tadashi ^a   Tanimoto, Tadao ^a   Kurimoto, Masashi ^a   Tanaka, Noriaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cytokine; Interferon gamma inducing factor; Interleukin 18; Kupffer cell

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12944267039     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(00)90211-2     Document Type: Article

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