Plasma interleukin (IL)-18 (interferon-gamma-inducing factor) and other inflammatory cytokines in patients with gouty arthritis and monosodium urate monohydrate crystal-induced secretion of IL-18.

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Published in Cytokine on January 05, 2006

Authors

Taku Inokuchi1, Yuji Moriwaki, Hiroko Tsutsui, Asako Yamamoto, Sumio Takahashi, Zenta Tsutsumi, Tuneyoshi Ka, Kenji Nakanishi, Tetsuya Yamamoto

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.

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