Association of interleukin-13 gene variants with susceptibility to brucellosis

<p><em>Brucella</em> is an intracellular Gram-negative bacterium. Previous reports showed that gene polymorphisms of cytokines can affect resistance or susceptibility to <em>Brucella</em> infection. Interleukin-13, a cytokine secreted by Th2 lymphocytes, has an importan...

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Main Authors: Sayed-Jalal-Aladin Ashraf-Mansuri, Manoochehr Rasouli, Sohrab Najafipour, Ali Moravej, Mehdi Kalani, Manica Negahdaripour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-02-01
Series:Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://tips.sums.ac.ir/index.php/TiPS/article/view/64