T helper1/T helper2 cells and resistance/susceptibility to Leishmania infection: is this paradigm still relevant?

Work in large part on Leishmania major in the 1980s identified two distinct apparently counter-regulatory CD4+ T cell populations, T helper (h)1 and Th2, that controlled resistance/susceptibility to infection respectively. However, the generation of IL-4-/- mice in the 1990’s questioned the paramoun...

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Main Authors: James eAlexander, Frank eBrombacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00080/full