The imbalance of IL-18/IL-18BP in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-341

  Chen, Ou ^a,b   Shan, Ningning ^b   Zhu, Xiaobo ^b   Wang, Yibiao ^b   Ren, Peng ^b   Wei, De'E ^c   Sun, Ruopeng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-18 BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84879241990     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmt007     Document Type: Note

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