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Vaccines (Basel). 2021.
PMID: 34696231
Free PMC article.
Review.
Th2 lymphocytes-produced cytokine IL-4 can bind to antiviral INFgamma, decreasing the cell susceptibility and downregulating viral receptors. COVID-19 epitopes (S, M, and N proteins) with 90% identity to the SARS-CoV sequence have been predicted. ...
Th2 lymphocytes-produced cytokine IL-4 can bind to antiviral INFgamma, decreasing the cell susceptibility and downregulating viral receptors …