Open AccessINTERLEUKIN-15 PRODUCTION DURING LIVER ALLOGRAFT REJECTION IN HUMANS1
Author(s) -
Filoména Conti,
Jérôme Frappier,
Sébastien Dharancy,
Christiane Chéreau,
Didier Houssin,
Bernard Weill,
Yvon Calmus
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000067530.95852.67
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , liver transplantation , cytokine , immune system , interleukin , immunology , interleukin 2 , in vitro , transplantation , secretion , lymphocyte , interleukin 6 , pharmacology , biology , biochemistry
The activity of interleukin (IL)-15, a cytokine produced by macrophages, is similar to that of IL-2. We investigated whether IL-15 plays a role in liver allograft rejection.