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Recombinant murine interleukin-12 facilitates induction of cardiac myosin-specific type 1 helper T cells in rats.
Circulation research - 1 Jun 1998
Okura Y, Takeda K, Honda S, Hanawa H, Watanabe H, Kodama M, Izumi T, Aizawa Y, Seki S, Abo T
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmunity after viral myocarditis is considered to be one of the causes of dilated cardiomyopathy. Cytokines are assumed to play an important role in the pathogenesis. We recently reported that interleukin (IL)-2 and interferon (IFN)-gamma mRNA are expressed in the myocardium of rats with expe...
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