sub:provenance { beldoc:dce:description "Approximately 61,000 statements." ; dce:rights "Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Selventa. All rights reserved." ; dce:title "BEL Framework Large Corpus Document" ; pav:authoredBysub:_6 ; pav:version "20131211" . sub:_5prov:value "IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) is a naturally occurring and specific inhibitor of IL-18. When recombinant IL-18BP was added to PBMC cultures, unexpectedly, spontaneous PGE(2) production increased. PGE(2) production was also increased by the addition of IL-18BP to PBMC stimulated with either IL-1beta or IL-12 and also in whole blood cultures stimulated with Staphylococcus epidermidis. These studies demonstrate that IL-18BP decreases endogenous IL-18 activity by reducing IFN-gamma-mediated responses." ; prov:wasQuotedFrompubmed:10681439 . sub:_6rdfs:label "Selventa" . sub:assertionprov:hadPrimarySourcepubmed:10681439 ; prov:wasDerivedFrombeldoc: , sub:_5 . }