immune system
• CD4+ T cells fail to make IL-13
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• CD4+ T cells primed in vitro under Th2 conditions produce less IL-4 than controls with only 6.5% expressing IL-4 compared to 17.6% in controls
• when IL-12 is added to the culture, 33.4% of wild-type CD4+ T cells produce IL-4 compared to 6.9% of mutant CD4+ T cells
• there are less differences in IL-4 production after two rounds of priming
• in cell cultures that contain IL-4, wild-type CD4+ T cells produce more IL-4 than is internalized but mutant T cells internalize IL-4 without producing sufficient quantities to replace it
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