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IL-13 is a susceptibility factor for Leishmania major infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2000
Matthews D J, Emson C L, McKenzie G J, Jolin H E, Blackwell J M, McKenzie A N
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Leishmania major infection is useful as an experimental model to define factors responsible for the development and maintenance of Th cell immune responses. Studies using inbred mouse strains have identified that the Th1 response characteristic of C57BL/6 mice results in healing, whereas BALB/c mice fail to control the infection due to the generation of an inappropriate Th2 response. We now demonstrate that IL-13...
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