Acidic Mammalian Chitinase in Asthmatic Th2 Inflammation and IL-13 Pathway Activation
Zhu Z, Zheng T, Homer RJ, Kim YK, Chen NY, Cohn L, Hamid Q, Elias JA. Acidic Mammalian Chitinase in Asthmatic Th2 Inflammation and IL-13 Pathway Activation. Science 2004, 304: 1678-1682. PMID: 15192232, DOI: 10.1126/science.1095336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTh2 inflammationAcidic mammalian chitinaseIL-13-induced responsesPathway activationTh2-dominated disordersMammalian chitinaseAirway hyperresponsivenessAsthma modelT helperHuman asthmaChemokine inductionInterleukin-13Exaggerated quantitiesImportant mediatorEpithelial cellsAsthmaInflammationActivationHyperresponsivenessInfectionThe C10/CCL6 Chemokine and CCR1 Play Critical Roles in the Pathogenesis of IL-13-Induced Inflammation and Remodeling
Ma B, Zhu Z, Homer RJ, Gerard C, Strieter R, Elias JA. The C10/CCL6 Chemokine and CCR1 Play Critical Roles in the Pathogenesis of IL-13-Induced Inflammation and Remodeling. The Journal Of Immunology 2004, 172: 1872-1881. PMID: 14734772, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.3.1872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCathepsinsChemokine CCL2Chemokines, CCDown-RegulationImmune SeraInflammationInterleukin-13LungLung ComplianceLung Volume MeasurementsMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicProtease InhibitorsPulmonary AlveoliReceptors, CCR1Receptors, ChemokineUp-RegulationConceptsIL-13-induced inflammationMatrix metalloproteinase-2IL-13Potent stimulatorMMP-9Alveolar remodelingMonocyte chemoattractant protein-1Transgenic IL-13Inflammatory protein-1alphaChemoattractant protein-1Wild-type miceIL-13 stimulationPulmonary phenotypeLevels of mRNAMetalloproteinase-4Murine lungMetalloproteinase-2Tissue inhibitorInflammationTargeted null mutationCompliance alterationsPathogenesisCCL6ChemokinesProtein 1