id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016966-b23o5roz Verhoef, Jan Immune response in human pathology: infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites 2005 .txt text/plain 4302 220 43 Effective treatment, however, was not possible at that time; prevention and spread of infectious diseases depended solely on proper hygienic means.At the beginning of the 20th century, passive and active vaccination procedures were developed against a number of these pathogenic micro-organisms in order to prevent the diseases in question (rabies, diphtheria, tetanus, etc.) and due to the discovery of antimicrobial chemicals (Ehrlich) and antibiotics (Fleming), the threat of infectious diseases seemed to be minimized. CYTOKINES, such as IL-2 (INTERLEUKIN-2), GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), and TNF-α (TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR α), stimulate non-specifically the proliferation, maturation, and Immune response in human pathology: infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites Jan Verhoef and Harm Snippe A7 function of the cells involved in defence (see Chapter A.4). ./cache/cord-016966-b23o5roz.txt ./txt/cord-016966-b23o5roz.txt