Flagg, Angela Sally.2018-04-202018-04-201996https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24381A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the degree of Master of ScienceThe antiinflammatory effects of lnterleukin-4 (IL-4) and the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone were studied in adhered monocytes and the leukaemic cells HL-60 and THP-1, with respect to the expression of interleukin-l.B (IL-l.B), the (signalling) IL-l receptor type I (JL..IRtI), and the (inhibitory) JT_,.l receptor type n (IL-lRtII). (Abbreviation abstract)enMicrobiology.Interleukin-1.Interleukin-2.Monocytes.Anti-inflammatory agents.Interleukens.Thesis