The Mechanism of How Anti-IL-18 Prevents Concanavalin-A-Induced Hepatic Fibrosis on a Mouse Model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-183

  Zhang, Yewei ^a   Li, Ping ^b   Li, Guoqiang ^a   Huang, Xinli ^a   Meng, Qingyang ^a   Lau, Wan Y ^c   Wang, Xuehao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anti IL 18; concanavalin A; IL 18; liver fibrosis; mouse

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE A; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34547948180     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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