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Dissociation of disease susceptibility, inflammation and cytokine profile in lmr1/2 congenic mice infected with Leishmania major.
Genes and immunity - 1 May 2004
Elso C, Kumar B, Smyth G, Foote S, Handman E
Abstract excerpt
Severity of disease caused by Leishmania major depends on the genetics of the host. Early induction of T helper cell type 1 (Th1)-type responses in resistant C57BL/6 mice and T helper cell type 2 (Th2) in susceptible BALB/c mice is thought to determine cure or disease respectively. We have mapped three loci that confer susceptibility or resistance upon congenic mice on the C57BL/6 or BALB/c backgrounds. Here we...
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