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Transforming Growth Factor β Production Is Inversely Correlated with Severity of Murine Malaria Infection

We have examined the role of the immunomodulatory cytokine transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the resolution and pathology of malaria in BALB/c mice. Circulating levels of TGF-β, and production of bioactive TGF-β by splenocytes, were found to be low in lethal infections with Plasmodium berghei. I...

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Autores principales: Omer, Fakhereldin M., Riley, Eleanor M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2525539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9653082