Counterregulation of Interleukin-18 mRNA and Protein Expression During Cutaneous Wound Repair in Mice

Recent work has suggested interleukin-18 to represent a proinflammatory cytokine that contributes to systemic and local inflammation. As the process of cutaneous wound healing crucially involves an inflammatory phase of repair, we investigated the regulation of interleukin-18 during the repair process. In non-wounded skin we observed high levels of interleukin-18 mRNA, whereas corresponding interleukin-18 protein was expressed only at low basal...