[HTML][HTML] The basic immunology of asthma

H Hammad, BN Lambrecht - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In many asthmatics, chronic airway inflammation is driven by IL-4-, IL-5-, and IL-13-
producing Th2 cells or ILC2s. Type 2 cytokines promote hallmark features of the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Channelling inflammation: gasdermins in physiology and disease

X Liu, S Xia, Z Zhang, H Wu, J Lieberman - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Gasdermins were recently identified as the mediators of pyroptosis—inflammatory cell death
triggered by cytosolic sensing of invasive infection and danger signals. Upon activation …

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

U Võsa, A Claringbould, HJ Westra, MJ Bonder… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Trait-associated genetic variants affect complex phenotypes primarily via regulatory
mechanisms on the transcriptome. To investigate the genetics of gene expression, we …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-33 (IL-33): A critical review of its biology and the mechanisms involved in its release as a potent extracellular cytokine

C Cayrol, JP Girard - Cytokine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin-33 (IL-33), a member of the IL-1 family, is an alarmin cytokine with
crucial roles in tissue homeostasis and repair, type 2 immunity, allergic and non-allergic …

Maturation of the gut microbiome during the first year of life contributes to the protective farm effect on childhood asthma

M Depner, DH Taft, PV Kirjavainen, KM Kalanetra… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Growing up on a farm is associated with an asthma-protective effect, but the mechanisms
underlying this effect are largely unknown. In the Protection against Allergy: Study in Rural …

[HTML][HTML] Astegolimab (anti-ST2) efficacy and safety in adults with severe asthma: a randomized clinical trial

SG Kelsen, IO Agache, W Soong, E Israel… - Journal of allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The IL-33/ST2 pathway is linked with asthma susceptibility. Inhaled allergens,
pollutants, and respiratory viruses, which trigger asthma exacerbations, induce release of IL …

Understanding asthma phenotypes, endotypes, and mechanisms of disease

ME Kuruvilla, FEH Lee, GB Lee - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2019 - Springer
The model of asthma as a single entity has now been replaced by a much more complex
biological network of distinct and interrelating inflammatory pathways. The term asthma is …

[HTML][HTML] T follicular helper cell biology: a decade of discovery and diseases

S Crotty - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Helping B cells and antibody responses is a major function of CD4+ T cells. It has been 10
years since the publication of Bcl6 as the lineage-defining transcription factor for T follicular …

Immunologic mechanisms in asthma

T Boonpiyathad, ZC Sözener, P Satitsuksanoa… - Seminars in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic airway disease, which affects more than 300 million people. The
pathogenesis of asthma exhibits marked heterogeneity with many phenotypes defining …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-1 and related cytokines in the regulation of inflammation and immunity

A Mantovani, CA Dinarello, M Molgora, C Garlanda - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Forty years after its naming, interleukin-1 (IL-1) is experiencing a renaissance brought on by
the growing understanding of its context-dependent roles and advances in the clinic. Recent …