Interleukin 10-mediated immunosuppression by a variant CD4 T cell epitope of Plasmodium falciparum.
The immunodominant CD4 T cell epitope region, Th2R, of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum is highly polymorphic. Such variation might be utilized by the parasite to escape from or interfere with CD4 T cell effector functions. Here, we show that costimulation with naturally occurri...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1999
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