Production of type 2 cytokines by CD8+ l
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Sergei P. Atamas; Vladimir V. Yurovsky; Robert Wise; Fredrick M. Wigley; Carol J
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Objective: This study addresses the hypothesis that a profibrotic pattern of cytokines is produced in the lungs of patients with systemic sclerosis (ssc) and causes fibrosis. ## Methods: Using a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction technique, interleukin-4 (il-4), il-5, and interfer