Interferon-γ Protects against Chronic Viral Myocarditis by Reducing Mast Cell Degranulation, Fibrosis, and the Profibrotic Cytokines Transforming Growth Factor-β1, Interleukin-1β, and Interleukin-4 in the Heart

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