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Interleukin-2 gene deletion produces a robust reduction in susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 mice.
Neuroscience letters - 5 May 2000
Petitto J M, Streit W J, Huang Z, Butfiloski E, Schiffenbauer J
Abstract excerpt
Dysregulation of interleukin-2 (IL-2), the prototypical T cell growth factor and immunoregulatory cytokine, may modify self-tolerance and predisposition to autoimmunity. The available literature suggested that IL-2 could be hypothesized to either propagate or inhibit the development autoimmune demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis. Thus, the present study sought to test...
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