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Role of interleukin-17F in chronic inflammatory and allergic lung disease.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Sept 2006
Hizawa N, Kawaguchi M, Huang S-K, Nishimura M
Abstract excerpt
IL-17 family members belong to a distinct category of cytokines that coordinate local tissue inflammation by inducing the release of pro-inflammatory and neutrophil-mobilizing cytokines. The importance of the IL-17 family in inflammatory and autoimmune disease is becoming increasingly apparent. IL-17F is a recently discovered member of the IL-17 family that has a number of biological activities through induction...
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