Schäfer et al., J Perinat Med 1992
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Human choriogonadotropin ( hCG ) and placental lactogen ( hPL ) inhibit interleukin-2 (IL-2) and increase interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), -6 ( IL-6 ) and tumor necrosis factor ( TNF-alpha ) expression in monocyte cell cultures
Granelli-Piperno et al., J Exp Med 1986
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The induction of IL-2 , IFN, and c-myc mRNAs was blocked by the immunosuppressive drug CsA, but not by the inactive analog CsH , and this block occurred at the level of nuclear transcription