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IL-4 regulates skin homeostasis and the predisposition toward allergic skin inflammation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Mar 2010
Sehra Sarita, Yao Yongxue, Howell Michael D, Nguyen Evelyn T, Kansas Geoffrey S, Leung Donald Y M, Travers Jeffrey B, Kaplan Mark H
Abstract excerpt
IL-4 promotes the development of Th2 cells and allergic inflammation. In atopic dermatitis lesions, IL-4 decreases the expression of multiple genes associated with innate defense, including genes in the epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) that regulate epidermal barrier function. However, it is not clear whether IL-4 also contributes to homeostatic control of EDC genes. In this report, we demonstrate that...
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