Schistosome infection of transgenic mice defines distinct and contrasting pathogenic roles for IL-4 and IL-13: IL-13 is a profibrotic agent

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2585-2591

  Fallon, Padraic G ^a   Richardson, Emma J ^a   McKenzie, Grahame J ^b   McKenzie, Andrew N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034163317     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.5.2585     Document Type: Article

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