The role of IL-4 and IL-13 in pulmonary tuberculosis using gene-deficient mice and protective efficacy of the purine-deficient auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bibliography: leaves 75-90. === Absence of the TH2 inducing cytokine IL-4 has been shown not to increase the TH1 response and resistance to mycobacterial infection. This study asked whether the combined absence of IL-4 and IL3, as compared to IL-4 deficiency only, would increase resistance to an aer...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3109 |