Differences between IL-4Rα-deficient and IL-4-deficient mice reveal a role for IL-13 in the regulation of Th2 responses

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 669-672

  Barner, Marijke ^a   Mohrs, Markus ^b   Brombacher, Frank ^b   Kopf, Manfred ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; VERMES;

EID: 0032554784     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70256-8     Document Type: Article

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