Molecular Basis of Upregulation of IL-17 in Estrogen Model of Inflammation
Interleukin-17 (IL-17) plays a major role in inflammation by regulating the induction of various proinflammatory genes, which aid in the recruitment and activation of neutrophils. Although IL-17 is considered to be protective in infection, overproduction of IL-17 in conditions like autoimmune diseas...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77129 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102012-135034/ |