Elevated systemic levels of free interleukin-18 (IL-18) in patients with Crohn's disease

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Ludwiczek, Othmar ^a   Kaser, Arthur ^a   Novick, Daniela ^b   Dinarello, Charles A ^c   Rubinstein, Menachem ^b   Tilg, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic explant cultures; Cytokines; IBD; IL 18; IL 18BP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COLON BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 16444368855     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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