IL-18 deficiency inhibits both Th1 and Th2 cytokine production but not the clinical symptoms in experimental autoimmune neuritis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Duan, Rui Sheng ^a   Zhang, Xing Mei ^a   Mix, Eilhard ^b   Quezada, Hernan Concha ^c   Adem, Abdu ^d   Zhu, Jie ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EAN; IL 18; Th1 cytokines; Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPLEEN CELL; TARGET ORGAN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; NEURITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846849359     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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