Immaturity of IL-18 gene expression and protein production in cord blood (CB) versus peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells and differential effects in natural killer (NK) cell development and function

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 284-292

  Satwani, Prakash ^a   Ayello, Janet ^a   Van De Ven, Carmella ^a   O'Neill, Allison F ^a   Simpson, Lynn L ^a   Baxi, Laxmi ^a   Cairo, Mitchell S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 18; Natural killer cells; Stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 24944582226     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05592.x     Document Type: Article

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