Macrophages in lung injury, repair, and fibrosis

P Cheng, S Li, H Chen - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fibrosis progression in the lung commonly results in impaired functional gas exchange,
respiratory failure, or even death. In addition to the aberrant activation and differentiation of …

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 …

Macrophages: friend or foe in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

L Zhang, Y Wang, G Wu, W Xiong, W Gu, CY Wang - Respiratory research, 2018 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a prototype of lethal, chronic, progressive interstitial
lung disease of unknown etiology. Over the past decade, macrophage has been recognized …

Distinct Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes defined by noninvasive genomic profiling

SK Alig, M Shahrokh Esfahani, A Garofalo, MY Li… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The scarcity of malignant Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg cells hampers tissue-based
comprehensive genomic profiling of classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). By contrast, liquid …

Interleukins 4 and 13 in asthma: key pathophysiologic cytokines and druggable molecular targets

C Pelaia, E Heffler, C Crimi, A Maglio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interleukins (IL)-4 and-13 play a pivotal role in the pathobiology of type-2 asthma. Indeed, IL-
4 is crucially involved in Th2 cell differentiation, immunoglobulin (Ig) class switching and …

Dupilumab in persistent asthma with elevated eosinophil levels

S Wenzel, L Ford, D Pearlman, S Spector… - New England journal …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Moderate-to-severe asthma remains poorly treated. We evaluated the efficacy
and safety of dupilumab (SAR231893/REGN668), a fully human monoclonal antibody to the …

Dupilumab suppresses type 2 inflammatory biomarkers across multiple atopic, allergic diseases

JD Hamilton, S Harel, BN Swanson… - Clinical & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Type 2 inflammation is common in numerous atopic/allergic diseases and can
be identified by elevated biomarker levels. Dupilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Follicular dendritic cells restrict interleukin-4 availability in germinal centers and foster memory B cell generation

L Duan, D Liu, H Chen, MA Mintz, MY Chou, DI Kotov… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
B cells within germinal centers (GCs) enter cycles of antibody affinity maturation or exit the
GC as memory cells or plasma cells. Here, we examined the contribution of interleukin (IL)-4 …

Cytokines in psoriasis

J Baliwag, DH Barnes, A Johnston - Cytokine, 2015 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease with an incompletely understood etiology.
The disease is characterized by red, scaly and well-demarcated skin lesions formed by the …

The TSC-mTOR pathway regulates macrophage polarization

V Byles, AJ Covarrubias, I Ben-Sahra… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Macrophages are able to polarize to proinflammatory M1 or alternative M2 states with
distinct phenotypes and physiological functions. How metabolic status regulates …