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IL-13 and IL-4 promote TARC release in human airway smooth muscle cells: role of IL-4 receptor genotype.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Oct 2003
Faffe Debora S, Whitehead Timothy, Moore Paul E, Baraldo Simonetta, Flynt Lesley, Bourgeois Kerri, Panettieri Reynold A, Shore Stephanie A
Abstract excerpt
The chemokine thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) induces selective migration of Th2, but not Th1, lymphocytes and is upregulated in the airways of asthmatic patients. The purpose of this study was to determine whether human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells produce TARC. Neither IL-4, IL-13, IL-1beta, IFN-gamma, nor TNF-alpha alone stimulated TARC release into the supernatant of cultured HASM...
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