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Role of Interleukin-18 in vascular injury: a new pharmacological target for the prevention of restenosis [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Studies in humans as well as in animal models suggest that interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a crucial role in vascular pathologies. IL-18 is a strong predictor of cardiovascular death in angina and is involved in atherotic plaque destabilization.
Grassia, Gianluca
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Interleukin-18, neutrophils, and ANCA [PDF]

Kidney International, 2006
Hewins et al. show that IL-18 is expressed in the kidneys of patients with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis, and that IL-18 primes neutrophils via p38 MAPK. These findings suggest a role for IL-18, including IL-18-induced T(H)1 polarization and IFN-gamma production, in the progression of ANCA disease.
Pressler, B.M., Falk, R.J., Preston, C.A.   +2 more
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Molecular mechanisms of IL-18BP regulation in DLD-1 cells: pivotal direct action of the STAT1/GAS axis on the promoter level [PDF]

, 2008
Interleukin (IL)-18, formerly known as interferon (IFN)-γ-inducing factor, is a crucial mediator of host defence and inflammation. Control of IL-18 bioactivity by its endogenous antagonist IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) is a major objective of ...
Jens Paulukat, Heiko Mühl, Malte Bachmann, Josef Pfeilschifter, Pfeilschifter, Josef, Bachmann, Malte, Mühl, Heiko, Paulukat, Jens   +7 more
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The circulating level of interleukins 6 and 18 in ischemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy [PDF]

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2019
Introduction: By aging population, the heart failure and its life-threatening complications have become an enormous issue in public health. Regarding the inflammation as a major contributing pathological factor, the determination of most important ...
Mahdiyar Iravani Saadi, Mohammad Ali Babaee Beigi, Maryam Ghavipishe, Maryam Tahamtan, Bita Geramizadeh, Abdolhossein Zare, Ramin Yaghoobi   +6 more
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Interleukin-18 in Health and Disease [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019
Interleukin (IL)-18 was originally discovered as a factor that enhanced IFN-γ production from anti-CD3-stimulated Th1 cells, especially in the presence of IL-12. Upon stimulation with Ag plus IL-12, naïve T cells develop into IL-18 receptor (IL-18R) expressing Th1 cells, which increase IFN-γ production in response to IL-18 stimulation. Therefore, IL-12
Koubun Yasuda, Kenji Nakanishi, Hiroko Tsutsui   +2 more
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Factors Associated With In Vitro Interferon-gamma Production in Tuberculosis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2011
Macrophage activation assisted by interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a primary mechanism by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis is killed, but IFN-γ (production is inhibited in tuberculosis (TB) patients. The production of IFN-γ is influenced by many factors, such
Chung-Chieh Yu, Yu-Chih Liu, Chien-Ming Chu, Duen-Yau Chuang, Wen-Chen Wu, Huang-Pin Wu   +5 more
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Interleukin-18 in Inflammatory Kidney Disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Interleukin (IL)-18, a member of the IL-1 superfamily, is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is structurally similar to IL-1β. IL-18 promotes the production of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and strongly induces a Th1 response.
Yasuaki Hirooka, Yuji Nozaki
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Truncated Chicken Interleukin-1β with Increased Biologic Activity [PDF]

, 2003
Chicken interleukin-1β (ChIL-1β) is synthesized as a precursor molecule that unlike its mammalian counterpart, lacks a typical caspase-1 cleavage site. Therefore, it was unclear if proteolytic cleavage of ChIL-1β can occur and if cleavage might modulate ...
Erno Duda, Zsuzsa Gyorfy, Duda, Erno, Stäheli, Peter, Peter Staeheli, Staeheli, Peter, Annette Ohnemus, Kaspers, Bernd, Gyorfy, Zsuzsa, Ohnemus, Annette, Bernd Kaspers   +10 more
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Beneficial and detrimental roles of NLRs in carcinogenesis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2013
Inflammation plays a critical role in tumorigenesis and can contribute to oncogenic mutations, tumor promotion, and angiogenesis. Tumor promoting inflammation is driven by many factors including the presence of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (
Ann M Janowski, Ryan eKolb, Weizhou eZhang, Fayyaz S Sutterwala   +3 more
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Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease.
Stefan Zeuzem, Herrmann, Eva, Oliver Waidmann, Kronenberger, Bernd, Friederike Brunner, Rudloff, Ina, Bernd Kronenberger, Waidmann, Oliver, Albrecht Piiper, Pfeilschifter, Josef (Prof. Dr.), Piiper, Albrecht, Heiko Mühl, Filmann, Natalie, Ina Rudloff, Malte Bachmann, Eva Herrmann, Josef Pfeilschifter, Lisa Kapper, Bachmann, Malte, Brunner, Friederike, Kapper, Lisa, Mühl, Heiko, Natalie Filmann, Zeuzem, Stefan, Kronenberger Bernd, Brunner Friederike, Filmann Natalie, Kapper Lisa, Herrmann Eva, Zeuzem Stefan, Mühl Heiko, Rudloff Ina, Piiper Albrecht, Waidmann Oliver, Bachmann Malte, Pfeilschifter Josef   +35 more
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