environmentally induced autoimmune diseases

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1998-99-ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; POTENTIAL

MECHANISMS

<http://www.ehponline.org/members/1999/suppl-5/737-742rao/rao-full.html>

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these findings suggest that IFN(gamma) rather than an imbalance of th1

and th2 is important for susceptibility to autoimmunity. thus, the

concept of th1/th2 has provided a useful and simple model for defineing

T cell regulation and function, delineation of the specific cytokines

and cell types critical for the particular immune responce is in most

instances more likely to be relevant than attempting to categorize

responces as th1 or th2.

<http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/full/161/1/234>

<http://www.ehponline.org/members/1999/suppl-5/807-

810bagenstose/bagenstose-full.html>