Regulation and function of the interleukin 13 receptor α 2 during a T helper cell type 2-dominant immune response

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 687-701

  Chiaramonte, Monica G ^a,e   Mentink Kane, Margaret ^a   Jacobson, Bruce A ^b   Cheever, Allen W ^c   Whitters, Matthew J ^b   Goad, Mary E P ^b   Wong, Anthony ^b   Collins, Mary ^b   Donaldson, Debra D ^b   Grusby, Michael J ^d   Wynn, Thomas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Granuloma; Inflammation; Liver; Mouse

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR ALPHA2; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; STAT6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; GRANULOMA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TH2 CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-13 RECEPTOR ALPHA1 SUBUNIT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-13; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0037451128     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020903     Document Type: Article

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