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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
Advancing our understanding of mechanisms of immune regulation in allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, tumor development, organ transplantation, and chronic infections could lead to effective and targeted therapies. Subsets of immune and inflammatory cells interact via ILs and IFNs; reciprocal regulation and counter balance among T(h) and regulatory T cells, as well as subsets of B cells, offer opportunities for immune interventions. Here, we review current knowledge about ILs 1 to 37 and IFN-?. Our understanding of the effects of ILs has greatly increased since the discoveries of monocyte IL (called IL-1) and lymphocyte IL (called IL-2); more than 40 cytokines are now designated as ILs. Studies of transgenic or knockout mice with altered expression of these cytokines or their receptors and analyses of mutations and polymorphisms in human genes that encode these products have provided important information about IL and IFN functions. We discuss their signaling pathways, cellular sources, targets, roles in immune regulation and cellular networks, roles in allergy and asthma, and roles in defense against infections.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1097-6825
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
701-21.e1-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukins, from 1 to 37, and interferon-?: receptors, functions, and roles in diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland. akdisac@siaf.uzh.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't