Interleukin-18 is elevated in the sera from patients with atopic dermatitis and from atopic dermatitis model mice, NC/Nga

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 236-240

  Tanaka, Toshio ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroko ^c   Yoshimoto, Tomohiro ^c   Kotani, Mayumi ^b   Matsumoto, Motonobu ^b   Fujita, Akihito ^b   Wang, Way ^a   Higa, Shinji ^a   Koshimoto, Tadamitsu ^a   Nakanishi, Kenji ^c   Suemura, Masaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Sunstar Inc   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; IL 18

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 17844374320     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053821     Document Type: Article

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