Increased Production of Interleukin-4, Interleukin-10, and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor by Type 2 Diabetes’ Mononuclear Cells Infected with Dengue Virus, but Not Increased Intracellular Viral Multiplication

It has been reported that diabetes mellitus (DM) was an epidemiologically identified risk factor for development of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)/severe dengue in dengue virus (DENV) affected patients, and T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines such as interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-10 each plays an important rol...

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Main Authors: Ing-Kit Lee, Ching-Jung Hsieh, Rong-Fu Chen, Zih-Syuan Yang, Lin Wang, Chang-Mei Chen, Chiung-Fen Liu, Chung-Hao Huang, Chun-Yu Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen, Kuender D Yang, Jien-Wei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/965853