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Eosinophils play a prominent role in the pathogenesis of various common human allergic diseases, including asthma. Taurine chloramine (TauCl) and taurine bromamine (TauBr) are products of activated neutrophils and eosinophils. TauCl has strong anti-inflammatory properties. However, much less is known about TauBr. The aim of this study was to compare the anti-inflammatory capacity and membrane permeability of TauBr to those of TauCl.
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Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan. kk27521@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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