IMPACT OF RNA VIRUSES ON THE REGULATION OF IL-23 IN MOUSE AND HUMAN MODELS OF INFECTION.
Interluekin-23 (IL-23) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine critical to the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. The main role for this cytokine is in the proliferation and differentiation of the IL-17 producing CD4 T helper cell, Th17. Virus infection deregulates IL-23 expression and funct...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6666 |