Article
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. I...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Asthma
- Case-Control Studies
- Chemokines, CXC
- Cytokines
- Female
- Humans
- Interleukin-17
- Male
- Middle Aged
