Investigating the role of IL-4/IL-13 and their receptors in ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a heterogeneous inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) associated with chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Characterized by genetic and immunological abnormalities, UC has overly aggressive T-cell responses to commensal bacteria eventually leading to disease path...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoving, J Claire
Other Authors: Brombacher, Frank
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3164