Significance of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 in inflammatory arthritis

M Iwaszko, S Biały, K Bogunia-Kubik - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 belong to the T helper 2 (Th2) cytokine family, along with IL-3, IL-
5, and IL-9. These cytokines are key mediators of allergic inflammation. They have important …

Strategies to therapeutically modulate cytokine action

WJ Leonard, JX Lin - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted or membrane-presented molecules that mediate broad cellular
functions, including development, differentiation, growth and survival. Accordingly, the …

Emerging principles of cytokine pharmacology and therapeutics

RA Saxton, CR Glassman, KC Garcia - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted signalling proteins that play essential roles in the initiation,
maintenance and resolution of immune responses. Although the unique ability of cytokines …

Tuning the cytokine responses: an update on interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 receptor complexes

IS Junttila - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 are related cytokines that regulate many aspects of allergic
inflammation. They play important roles in regulating the responses of lymphocytes, myeloid …

Engineering cytokine therapeutics

J Deckers, T Anbergen, AM Hokke, A de Dreu… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines have pivotal roles in immunity, making them attractive as therapeutics for a variety
of immune-related disorders. However, the widespread clinical use of cytokines has been …

The use of supercytokines, immunocytokines, engager cytokines, and other synthetic cytokines in immunotherapy

X Zheng, Y Wu, J Bi, Y Huang, Y Cheng, Y Li… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cytokines exert powerful immunomodulatory effects that are critical to physiology and
pathology in humans. The application of natural cytokines in clinical studies has not been …

The JAK-STAT pathway: from structural biology to cytokine engineering

Y Lv, J Qi, JJ Babon, L Cao, G Fan, J Lang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway
serves as a paradigm for signal transduction from the extracellular environment to the …

Commentary: IL-4 and IL-13 receptors and signaling

SM McCormick, NM Heller - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 were discovered approximately 30 years ago and were
immediately linked to allergy and atopic diseases. Since then, new roles for IL-4 and IL-13 …

Engineering the IL‐4/IL‐13 axis for targeted immune modulation

ZJ Bernstein, A Shenoy, A Chen… - Immunological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The structurally and functionally related interleukin‐4 (IL‐4) and IL‐13 cytokines play pivotal
roles in shaping immune activity. The IL‐4/IL‐13 axis is best known for its critical role in T …

Insights into cytokine–receptor interactions from cytokine engineering

JB Spangler, I Moraga, JL Mendoza… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Cytokines exert a vast array of immunoregulatory actions critical to human biology and
disease. However, the desired immunotherapeutic effects of native cytokines are often …