IL-9 promotes anti-Mycobacterium leprae cytotoxicity: involvement of IFN?
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Immunology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-9104,1365-2249
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03241.x