Interleukin 4 (IL-4) in Urinary Schistosomiasis as a Diagnostic Biomarker During Its Reinfection- A Review
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IL-4 plays a crucial role in regulating oxidative damage in the liver during schistosomiasis.
Liver enlargement and hepatocyte proliferation, normal responses in wild-type (WT) mice infected with the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni, were found to be severely impaired in infected IL-4(-/-) mice. Compared with WT mice, increased levels of O(2)(-), NO, and the more highly reactive ONOO(-) were detected in the liver and produced by lesional cells isolated from liver granulomas of inf...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2469-8024
DOI: 10.11648/j.ijcems.20170305.11