Interferon-gamma protects against chronic viral myocarditis by reducing mast cell degranulation, fibrosis, and the profibrotic cytokines transforming growth factor-beta 1, interleukin-1 beta, and interleukin-4 in the heart - Fairweather,D.; Frisancho-Kiss,S.; Yusung,S.A. (Am J Pathol, 2004)