Relation between interleukin-13 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to brucellosis in Iranian population

• Main Authors: Sayed- (Author), Manoochehr Rasouli (Author), Sohrab Najafipour (Author), Ali Moravej (Author), Mehdi Kalani (Author), Manica Negahdaripour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Brucella is an intracellular Gram-negative bacterium. Previous reports showed that gene polymorphisms of cytokines can affect resistance or susceptibility to Brucella infection. Interleukin-13, a cytokine secreted by Th2 lymphocytes, has an important role in immune responses against established infe...