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IL-15 but not IL-2 rapidly induces lethal xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease
24 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-15 are structurally related cytokines that share receptor components but display markedly different effects in multiple in vivo model systems. Here we demonstrate that IL-15 but not IL-2 exacerbates xenogeneic graft-versus-host disease (X-GVHD) in severe combined immunodeficient murine recipients of human peripheral-blood lymphocytes (hu-PBL-SCID). Treatment of hu-PBL-SCID mice with...
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