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Glucocorticoids Reduce Sepsis by Diminishing Dendritic Cell Responses

How does the body's immune system strike the delicate balance between under- and over-response? A new study shows that glucocorticoids limit the production of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-12 by dendritic cells in response to invading bacteria, thereby helping to avoid sepsis. Read t...

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Autor principal: Robinson, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26441144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002270