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Tuft cells are required for a rhinovirus-induced asthma phenotype in immature mice.
JCI insight - 23 Jan 2024
Li Yiran, Han Mingyuan, Singh Shilpi, Breckenridge Haley A, Kreger Jordan E, Stroupe Claudia C, Sawicky Daniel A, Kuo Shiuhyang, Goldsmith Adam M, Ke Fang, Shenoy Anukul T, Bentley J Kelley, Matsumoto Ichiro, Hershenson Marc B
Abstract excerpt
Infection of immature mice with rhinovirus (RV) induces an asthma-like phenotype consisting of type 2 inflammation, mucous metaplasia, eosinophilic inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness that is dependent on IL-25 and type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). Doublecortin-like kinase 1-positive (DCLK1+) tuft cells are a major source of IL-25. We sought to determine the requirement of tuft cells for the...
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