Inhibition of IL-2 Induced IL-10 Production as a Principle of Phase-Specific Immunotherapy

Leishmania donovani, a protozoan parasite, inflicts a fatal disease, visceral leishmaniasis. The suppression of antileishmanial T cell responses that characterizes the disease was proposed to be due to deficiency of a T cell growth factor, IL-2. We demonstrate that during the first week after L. don...

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