Glucocorticoids Reduce Sepsis by Diminishing Dendritic Cell Responses
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Glucocorticoids Reduce Sepsis by Diminishing Dendritic Cell Responses
How does the body's immune system strike the delicate balance between under- and over-response? A new study shows that glucocorticoids limit the production of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-12 by dendritic cells in response to invading bacteria, thereby helping to avoid sepsis. Read the Research Article.
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002270