| Literature DB >> 16502344 |
Eliska Krásná1, Libor Kolesár, Antonij Slavcev, Sárka Valhová, Bohumíra Kronosová, Marcela Jaresová, Ilja Stríz.
Abstract
IL-18 is a multifunctional cytokine that augments both innate and acquired immunity and potentiates Th1 and Th2 reactions. We studied the expression of IL-18 receptor (IL-18R) on renal and respiratory epithelial cell lines. Both cell lines upregulated IL-18R mRNA and IL-18R membrane expression in response to TNF alpha and other proinflammatory cytokines. The function of IL-18R was confirmed by induction of IL-8 release from epithelial cells in response to recombinant IL-18. Epithelial cells may represent an important target for IL-18, mainly under inflammatory conditions associated with TNF alpha release.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16502344 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-006-8967-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Inflammation ISSN: 0360-3997 Impact factor: 4.092