IL-18 (IFN-gamma-inducing factor) regulates early cytokine production in, and promotes resolution of, bacterial infection in mice.

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Published in J Immunol on January 01, 1998

Authors

E Bohn1, A Sing, R Zumbihl, C Bielfeldt, H Okamura, M Kurimoto, J Heesemann, I B Autenrieth

Author Affiliations

1: Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.

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