Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Jan 2002)

Studies on the production and regulation of interleukin, IL-13, IL-4 and interferon-g in human Schistosomiasis mansoni

  • Morais Clarice N Lins de,
  • Souza Joelma Rodrigues de,
  • Melo Wlademir Gomes de,
  • Aroucha Marcílio L,
  • Domingues Ana Lúcia C,
  • Wynn Thomas,
  • Abath Frederico Guilherme Coutinho,
  • Montenegro Silvia ML

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 97, no. suppl.1
pp. 113 – 114

Abstract

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The production and regulation of interleukin (IL) IL-13, IL-4 and interferon-gamma was evaluated in different clinical forms of human schistosomiasis. The mechanisms of immune regulation are apparently different in the various clinical stages of the disease, some of them being antigen specific.

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