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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Epithelial cell-derived thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a master switch for asthma or atopic dermatitis by inducing a dendritic cell-mediated Th2-type allergic inflammation. Allergic rhinitis is also pathologically characterized by Th2-type allergic inflammation. This study demonstrates that mast cells regulate the epithelial TSLP expression in allergic rhinitis. TSLP expression was found to be up-regulated predominantly in the nasal epithelium in the ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized and -nasally challenged mouse model of allergic rhinitis, which was abolished in mast cell-deficient WBB6F1-W/W(v) in comparison with control WBB6F1-+/+ mice. Similarly, the epithelial TSLP expression was reduced in Fc receptor gamma chain (FcgammaR)-deficient mice, where the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI) is not expressed on mast cells, in comparison with control C57BL/6 mice. Furthermore, the administration of neutralizing TSLP antibody during the challenge phase of OVA inhibited the development of allergic rhinitis. These results suggest that the direct stimulation of epithelial cells by antigens alone may not be sufficient to induce TSLP expression in the nasal epithelium, and that mast cell regulation of epithelial TSLP expression, possibly via FcepsilonRI, plays an important role in the development of allergic rhinitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1487-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Goblet Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Mast Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Nasal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Receptors, IgG, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Respiratory Hypersensitivity, pubmed-meshheading:18461563-Rhinitis
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Mast cell regulation of epithelial TSLP expression plays an important role in the development of allergic rhinitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, University of Yamanashi Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't