Differential dermal expression of CCL17 and CCL18 in tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy.

Differential dermal expression of CCL17 and CCL18 in tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy.

Leprosy is characterized by polar clinical, histologic and immunological presentations. Previous immunologic studies of leprosy polarity were limited by the repertoire of cytokines known at the time.We used a candidate gene approach to measure mRNA levels in skin biopsies from leprosy lesions. mRNA...

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Main Authors: William R Berrington, Chhatra B Kunwar, Kapil Neupane, Susan J F van den Eeden, James C Vary, Glenna J Peterson, Richard D Wells, Annemieke Geluk, Deanna A Hagge, Thomas R Hawn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4238987?pdf=render

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