IL-11: Insights in asthma from overexpression transgenic modeling
Zheng T, Zhu Z, Wang J, Homer R, Elias J. IL-11: Insights in asthma from overexpression transgenic modeling. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2001, 108: 489-496. PMID: 11590369, DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.118510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-11Potential effector functionsMajor basic proteinMurine findingsAirway obstructionSevere asthmaAsthmatic airwaysSubepithelial fibrosisMononuclear infiltrateTissue inflammationFibroblast supernatantsAlveolar developmentVirus infectionPlatelet reconstitutionEffector functionsNonrespiratory tissuesExaggerated quantitiesTransgenic miceDisease severityVariety of stimuliStructural cellsImportant stimulatorSoluble factorsTransgenic modelingEpithelial cells