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Frontline: Interferon regulatory factor-1 as a protective gene in intestinal inflammation: role of TCR γ δ T cells and interleukin-18-binding protein

  1. Britta Siegmund1,4,
  2. Joseph A. Sennello1,
  3. Hans A. Lehr2,
  4. Giorgio Senaldi3,5,
  5. Charles A. Dinarello1,
  6. Giamila Fantuzzi1,*

Article first published online: 22 JUL 2004

DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425124

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European Journal of Immunology

European Journal of Immunology

Volume 34, Issue 9, pages 2356–2364, September 2004

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Siegmund, B., Sennello, Joseph A., Lehr, Hans A., Senaldi, G., Dinarello, Charles A. and Fantuzzi, G. (2004), Frontline: Interferon regulatory factor-1 as a protective gene in intestinal inflammation: role of TCR γ δ T cells and interleukin-18-binding protein. Eur. J. Immunol., 34: 2356–2364. doi: 10.1002/eji.200425124

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  1. 1

    Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA

  2. 2

    Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

  3. 3

    Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, USA

  4. 4

    Present address: Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Medizinische Klinik I, Berlin, Germany

  5. 5

    Present address: Abgenix, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA.

*University of Colorado, Department of Medicine, Box B168, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA, Fax: +1-303-315-8054

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 AUG 2004
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUL 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 APR 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 18 MAR 2004

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