 Interleukin-18
"Interleukin-18" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cytokine which resembles IL-1 structurally and IL-12 functionally. It enhances the cytotoxic activity of NK CELLS and CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTES, and appears to play a role both as neuroimmunomodulator and in the induction of mucosal immunity.
| Descriptor ID |
D020382
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.518 D12.776.467.374.465.518 D23.529.374.465.518
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-18- Interleukin-18
- Interleukin 18
- IFN-gamma-Inducing Factor
- IL-18
- Interferon-gamma Inducing Factor
- Inducing Factor, Interferon-gamma
- Interferon gamma Inducing Factor
- Interferon-gamma-Inducing Factor
- IFN-gamma Inducing Factor
- IFN gamma Inducing Factor
- Inducing Factor, IFN-gamma
- IL18
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| 1998 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 1999 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2000 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2001 | 14 | 4 | 18 | | 2002 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2003 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2005 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2006 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2012 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2013 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Interleukin-18" by people in Profiles.
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Yanik EL, Kaunitz GJ, Cottrell TR, Succaria F, McMiller TL, Ascierto ML, Esandrio J, Xu H, Ogurtsova A, Cornish T, Lipson EJ, Topalian SL, Engels EA, Taube JM. Association of HIV Status With Local Immune Response to Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Implications for Immunotherapy. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Jul 01; 3(7):974-978.
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Slaats J, Ten Oever J, van de Veerdonk FL, Netea MG. IL-1ß/IL-6/CRP and IL-18/ferritin: Distinct Inflammatory Programs in Infections. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Dec; 12(12):e1005973.
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Bruns DR, Buttrick PM, Walker LA. Genetic ablation of interleukin-18 does not attenuate hypobaric hypoxia-induced right ventricular hypertrophy. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 Mar 15; 310(6):L542-50.
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Ballak DB, Stienstra R, Tack CJ, Dinarello CA, van Diepen JA. IL-1 family members in the pathogenesis and treatment of metabolic disease: Focus on adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance. Cytokine. 2015 Oct; 75(2):280-90.
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Xiao N, Devarajan P, Inge TH, Jenkins TM, Bennett M, Mitsnefes MM. Subclinical kidney injury before and 1 year after bariatric surgery among adolescents with severe obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Jun; 23(6):1234-8.
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Michels M, de Mast Q, Netea MG, Joosten LA, Dinarello CA, Rudiman PI, Sinarta S, Wisaksana R, Alisjahbana B, van der Ven AJ. Normal free interleukin-18 (IL-18) plasma levels in dengue virus infection and the need to measure both total IL-18 and IL-18 binding protein levels. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Jun; 22(6):650-5.
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Kedl JD, Kedl RM. How squalene GLAdly helps generate antigen-specific T cells via antigen-carrying neutrophils and IL-18. Eur J Immunol. 2015 Feb; 45(2):376-9.
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O'Brien LC, Mezzaroma E, Van Tassell BW, Marchetti C, Carbone S, Abbate A, Toldo S. Interleukin-18 as a therapeutic target in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Mol Med. 2014 Jun 12; 20:221-9.
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Toldo S, Mezzaroma E, O'Brien L, Marchetti C, Seropian IM, Voelkel NF, Van Tassell BW, Dinarello CA, Abbate A. Interleukin-18 mediates interleukin-1-induced cardiac dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2014 Apr 01; 306(7):H1025-31.
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O'Donnell H, Pham OH, Li LX, Atif SM, Lee SJ, Ravesloot MM, Stolfi JL, Nuccio SP, Broz P, Monack DM, Baumler AJ, McSorley SJ. Toll-like receptor and inflammasome signals converge to amplify the innate bactericidal capacity of T helper 1 cells. Immunity. 2014 Feb 20; 40(2):213-24.
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