| Literature DB >> 9856950 |
G Grünig1, M Warnock, A E Wakil, R Venkayya, F Brombacher, D M Rennick, D Sheppard, M Mohrs, D D Donaldson, R M Locksley, D B Corry.
Abstract
The pathogenesis of asthma reflects, in part, the activity of T cell cytokines. Murine models support participation of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and the IL-4 receptor in asthma. Selective neutralization of IL-13, a cytokine related to IL-4 that also binds to the alpha chain of the IL-4 receptor, ameliorated the asthma phenotype, including airway hyperresponsiveness, eosinophil recruitment, and mucus overproduction. Administration of either IL-13 or IL-4 conferred an asthma-like phenotype to nonimmunized T cell-deficient mice by an IL-4 receptor alpha chain-dependent pathway. This pathway may underlie the genetic associations of asthma with both the human 5q31 locus and the IL-4 receptor.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9856950 PMCID: PMC3897229 DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5397.2261
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728