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IL-6 mediates the susceptibility of glycoprotein 130 hypermorphs to Toxoplasma gondii.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2011
Silver Jonathan S, Stumhofer Jason S, Passos Sara, Ernst Matthias, Hunter Christopher A
Abstract excerpt
IL-6 and IL-27 are closely related cytokines that play critical but distinct roles during infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Thus, IL-6 is required for the development of protective immunity to this pathogen, whereas IL-27 is required to limit infection-induced pathology. Paradoxically, these factors both signal through gp130, but little is known about how the signals downstream of gp130 are integrated to...
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