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Interleukin 4 and T helper type 2 cells are required for development of experimental onchocercal keratitis (river blindness)
Inflammation of the corneal stroma (stromal keratitis) is a serious complication of infection with the nematode parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Because stromal keratitis is believed to be immunologically mediated in humans, we used a murine model to examine the role of T cells and T helper cell cytoki...
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The Rockefeller University Press
1995
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2192285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7561696 |
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