An IL-13 inhibitor blocks the development of hepatic fibrosis during a T-helper type 2-dominated inflammatory response

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 777-785

  Chiaramonte, Mónica G ^a   Donaldson, Debra D ^b   Cheever, Allen W ^c   Wynn, Thomas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0032697042     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7325     Document Type: Article

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