Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 463-469 , December 2010

Interleukin 17 in vascular inflammation

  • Sibylle von Vietinghoff

      Affiliations

    • Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus Ley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 858 752 6661; fax: +1 858 752 6985.

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Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
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