Effect of Antibodies Against Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, B7, and CD40 on Interleukin-18-Treated Human Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction

The interleukin (IL)-18 level in plasma is elevated during the acute rejection after organ transplantation. IL-18 elicits adhesion molecule expression as well as interferon-γ/IL-12 production and T-cell proliferation in the human mixed lymphocyte reaction, an in vitro model of acute rejection. We ex...

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Main Authors: Hideo Kohka Takahashi, Hiromi Iwagaki, Ryuji Tamura, Takahito Yagi, Tadashi Yoshino, Shuji Mori, Noriaki Tanaka, Masahiro Nishibori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319322583