Role of IL-18/IL-18BP balance in spleen of patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-242

  Shan, Ning Ning ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhu, Xiao Juan ^c   Peng, Jun ^b   Hou, Ming ^b  

^a SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Interleukin 18 binding protein; Interleukin 18; Purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-18 BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869236871     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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