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Host protective roles of type 2 immunity: Parasite killing and tissue repair, flip sides of the same coin
Metazoan parasites typically induce a type 2 immune response, characterized by T helper 2 (Th2) cells that produce the cytokines IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 among others. The type 2 response is host protective, reducing the number of parasites either through direct killing in the tissues, or expulsion from...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Academic Press
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179909/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25028340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2014.06.003 |