Abstract
Cytokines are important biochemical mediators essential in initiating and maintaining inflammatory reactions associated with allergic disease in man. Although cytokines can be secreted from a variety of different cell types, considerable attention has been focused on T-lymphocyte-derived cytokines, which have been clearly implicated in the modulation of the immune system. Bronchial asthma is associated with persistent infiltration of the airways with activated CD4+T-lymphocytes, as well as other inflammatory cells exhibiting a T-helper type-2 (Th2)-like cytokine profile (1–3).
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Nakamura, Y., Christodoulopoulos, P., Hamid, Q. (2000). Localization of IL-4 and IL-5 mRNA in Bronchial Biopsies. In: Fan Chung, K., Adcock, I. (eds) Asthma. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 44. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-072-1:211
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