Cellular and molecular regulation of eosinophil trafficking to the lung

Immunol Cell Biol. 1998 Oct;76(5):454-60. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00766.x.

Abstract

Airway inflammation is central to the pathogenesis of allergic asthma, and molecules that mediate this process obviously represent targets for therapy. In the present article, we discuss our experiments, which point to CD4+ T cells and IL-5-driven eosinophilia as potential targets for the relief of bronchial hyperreactivity in late-phase asthma.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asthma / immunology*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / physiology
  • Cell Movement / physiology*
  • Chemokine CCL11
  • Chemokines, CC*
  • Cytokines / physiology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Eosinophils / physiology*
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Interleukin-4 / physiology*
  • Interleukin-5 / physiology*
  • Lung / immunology
  • Mice
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / immunology

Substances

  • Ccl11 protein, mouse
  • Chemokine CCL11
  • Chemokines, CC
  • Cytokines
  • Interleukin-5
  • Interleukin-4