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Rationale for targeting interleukin-17 in the lungs
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- Lindén, Anders, 1961 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2003
- 2003
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England. - 1472-4472. ; 4:11, s. 1304-12
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Abstract
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- An increasing body of evidence suggests that an exaggerated accumulation of activated neutrophils in the airways can cause decline of the clinical state in several lung diseases, including acute, severe asthma. In spite of this, an effective pharmacotherapy against this type of exaggerated neutrophil activity has yet to be developed. This review presents the scientific rationale for targeting the T-cell cytokine interleukin (IL)-17 in inflammatory lung diseases, to normalize neutrophil activity. Evidence leads to the conclusion that the production and release of IL-17 orchestrates neutrophil activity in the lungs. Hypothetically, local blockade of IL-17 may prove effective to normalize exaggerated neutrophil activity in lung diseases.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Dermatologi och venereologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Dermatology and Venereal Diseases (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Animals
- Humans
- Interleukin-17/antagonists & inhibitors/*immunology
- Lung/*immunology/metabolism
- Lung Diseases/*immunology/metabolism
- Neutrophil Activation/*immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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