Elevation of interleukin-18 in chronic hepatitis C: Implications for hepatitis C virus pathogenesis

Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 1 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Arpita ^a   Chakraborti, Anuradha ^a   Das, Ashim ^a   Dhiman, Radha Krishan ^a   Chawla, Yogesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hepatitis; Immunotherapeutics; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 68249141395     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.03021.x     Document Type: Article

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