Open AccessEstimation of serum level of interleukin-17 and interleukin-4 in leprosy, towards more understanding of leprosy immunopathogenesis
Author(s) -
Marwa Abdallah,
Hanaa Emam,
Enas A. S. Attia,
Jihan Hussein,
Noha A. Mohamed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.120723
Subject(s) - leprosy , lepromatous leprosy , mycobacterium leprae , medicine , immunology , context (archaeology) , tuberculoid leprosy , gastroenterology , biology , paleontology
Combating Mycobacterium leprae is known to be via T-helper1 response. However, other T-helper effector cells; T-helper17 and T-helper2; play a role, particularly in the context of disease type.