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Possible Roles of Interleukin-4 and -13 and Their Receptors in Gastric and Colon Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences - 13 Jan 2021
Song Xujun, Traub Benno, Shi Jingwei, Kornmann Marko
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-4 and -13 are structurally and functionally related cytokines sharing common receptor subunits. They regulate immune responses and, moreover, are involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of human neoplasms. Three different receptors have been described for IL-4, but only IL-4 receptor type II (IL-4Rα/IL-13Rα1) is expressed in solid tumors. While IL-13 can also bind to three different receptors,...
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