Flagg, Angela Sally.2018-05-302018-05-301996https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24509A 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-lB (IL-lLB), the (signalling) IL-1 receptor type I (IL..1RtI), and the (inhibitory) IL-1 receptor type I (IL-lRtI). (Abbreviation abstract)enMicrobiology.Interleukin-1.Interleukin-2.MonocytesAnti Inflammatory AgentsInterleukensThesis