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Th2 cytokines and asthma — Interleukin-4: its role in the pathogenesis of asthma, and targeting it for asthma treatment with interleukin-4 receptor antagonists
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) mediates important pro-inflammatory functions in asthma including induction of the IgE isotype switch, expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), promotion of eosinophil transmigration across endothelium, mucus secretion, and differentiation of T helper type 2 lym...
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BioMed Central
2001
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC59570/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11686867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/rr40 |