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Adoptive transfer of IL-4Rα+ macrophages is sufficient to enhance eosinophilic inflammation in a mouse model of allergic lung inflammation.
BMC immunology - 31 Jan 2012
Ford Andrew Q, Dasgupta Preeta, Mikhailenko Irina, Smith Elizabeth M P, Noben-Trauth Nancy, Keegan Achsah D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The IL-4 receptor α (IL-4Rα) chain has a broad expression pattern and participates in IL-4 and IL-13 signaling, allowing it to influence several pathological components of allergic lung inflammation. We previously reported that IL-4Rα expression on both bone marrow-derived and non-bone marrow-derived cells contributed to the severity of allergic lung inflammation. There was a correlation between the...
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