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Deletion of IL-4Rα in the BALB/c mouse is associated with altered lesion topography and susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jun 2015
Orian Jacqueline M, Keating Paula, Downs Leana L, Hale Matthew W, Jiang Xiangrui, Pham Hong, LaFlamme Anne C
Abstract excerpt
The regulation of cytokine expression by immune deviation from a pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory or "regulatory" milieu is crucial to the prevention of permanent central nervous system (CNS) damage in neuroinflammation. Earlier studies in the murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model pointed to an anti-inflammatory role for the Th2 cytokine, IL-4, which was not confirmed in...
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