Article
Genetic variations in the interleukin-12/interleukin-23 receptor (beta1) chain, and implications for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor structure and function.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2003
van de Vosse Esther, Lichtenauer-Kaligis Elgin G R, van Dissel Jaap T, Ottenhoff Tom H M
Abstract excerpt
Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) plays an essential role in human host defense against intracellular bacteria. Type-1 cytokines, particularly gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), interleukin-12 (IL-12), and IL-23, the major cytokines that regulate IFN-gamma production, are essential in CMI. This is illustrated by patients with unusual severe infections caused by poorly pathogenic mycobacteria and Salmonella species, in whom...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
