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Endogenous interleukin 12 (IL-12) regulates granuloma formation induced by eggs of Schistosoma mansoni and exogenous IL-12 both inhibits and prophylactically immunizes against egg pathology

Morbidity in humans infected with Schistosoma mansoni results primarily from the deposition of parasite eggs in portal areas where they induce a granulomatous response. In mice infected with this helminth granuloma formation is a CD4+ T helper (Th) cell-dependent process that is associated with a st...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2191492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7909326