Identification of genes involved in macrophage activation and effector functions against intracellular pathogens
Includes bibliographical references. === This dissertation addressed the hypothesis that macrophages have an alternative killing mechanism that is independent of superoxide and nitric oxide but dependent on IFN-γ, TNF and C/EBPβ. Since the mechanism and the genes involved in this alternative pathway...
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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/11427/9031 |