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Abstract
Recent studies indicate that the human immune response to infection is regulated by the balance between the T helper type 1 cytokines, interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma, and the T helper type 2 cytokines, interleukin-4, interleukin-5 and interleukin-10. Interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 can facilitate antibody production but can also suppress cell-mediated immune responses. The net effect of these negative immunoregulatory cytokines is to favor progression of infection.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8216926 DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(93)90031-m
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Immunol ISSN: 0952-7915 Impact factor: 7.486