Biological and biochemical analyses of the distinctive intracellular signals activated by interleukin-4

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a type I cytokine which acts on multiple hemopoietic cells to promote an antibody-mediated response to infection. Dysregulated production or function of IL-4 can exacerbate diseases such as allergy, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. In order to better understand the biochem...

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Main Author: Levings, Megan K.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10149