Gender-Based Differences in Cytokine Production after Burn Injury: A Role of Interleukin-6

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Plackett, Timothy P ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^b   Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 72049109155     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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