Differential Dermal Expression of CCL17 and CCL18 in Tuberculoid and Lepromatous Leprosy
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Differential Dermal Expression of CCL17 and CCL18 in Tuberculoid and Lepromatous Leprosy
BACKGROUND 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. METHODOLOGY We used a candidate gene approach to measure mRNA levels in skin biopsies from leprosy lesions. mRNA from 24 chemokines and cytokines, and 6 immune cell type markers were m...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003263