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CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTION AND TH1-TH2 CYTOKINE BALANCE
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
Cytokines have been recognized as key factors in determining host resistance to infectious pathogens. In particular, Th1-Th2 cytokine balance in hosts is profoundly associated with the outcome of infection caused by intracellular microbes. In a murine model of pulmonary and disseminated infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen that frequently leads to fatal meningoencephalitis in...
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