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Effect of IL-13 receptor alpha2 levels on the biological activity of IL-13 variant R110Q.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2007
Andrews Allison-Lynn, Bucchieri Fabio, Arima Kazuhiko, Izuhara Kenji, Holgate Stephen T, Davies Donna E, Holloway John W
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BACKGROUND: IL-13 is a key cytokine associated with the asthmatic phenotype. IL-13 signals via its cognate receptor, a complex of IL-13 receptor (IL-13R) alpha 1 chain with IL-4 receptor alpha; however, a second protein, IL-13Ralpha2, also binds IL-13. Recently a polymorphic variant of IL-13 (R11...
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