Analysis of IL-18 bioactivity and IL-18 mRNA in three patients with adult T-cell leukaemia, acute mixed lineage leukaemia, and acute lymphocytic leukaemia accompanied with high serum IL-18 levels

Haematologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Takubo, T ^a   Kumura, T ^a   Kanashima, H ^a   Nakao, T ^a   Nakamae, H ^a   Aoyama, Y ^a   Yamamura, R ^a   Ohta, T ^a   Koh, K R ^a   Ohta, K ^a   Yamane, T ^a   Hino, M ^a   Kamitani, T ^a   Tatsumi, N ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALL; AMLL; ATL; IL 18 bioactivity and mRNA; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 18244405791     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685590152763773     Document Type: Article

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