| Literature DB >> 17124428 |
Hiroshi Nakajima1, Kiyoshi Takatsu.
Abstract
Asthma is characterized by intense infiltration of eosinophils and CD4+ T cells into the submucosal tissue of airways. Accumulating evidence indicates that T helper type 2 cell-derived cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13 play critical roles in orchestrating and amplifying allergic inflammation in asthma. In addition, it has been suggested that newly identified cytokines including thymic stromal lymphopoietin, IL-25 and IL-33 are involved in the induction of allergic inflammation in asthma. In this review, we discuss the role of individual cytokines in the pathogenesis of asthma.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17124428 DOI: 10.1159/000097357
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Arch Allergy Immunol ISSN: 1018-2438 Impact factor: 2.749