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The immune response to Plasmodium chabaudi malaria in interleukin‐4‐deficient mice
1 Oct 1994
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin(IL)-4 promotes the development of T helper (TH)2 cells, induces immunoglobulin class switching to IgG1 and is thought to be essential for switching to IgE. During a primary infection with the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi, TH1 and TH2 cells specific for the parasite appear sequentially as infection progresses. To dissect the possible role of TH2 responses at the later stages of...
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