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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Mark McCreary
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-74986 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Science signaling 20151201 405
Interleukin-2 (IL-2)-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) mediates T cell receptor (TCR) signaling primarily to stimulate the production of cytokines, such as IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13, from T helper 2 (TH2) cells. Compared to wild-type mice, ITK knockout mice are resistant to asthma and exhibit reduced lung inflammation and decreased amounts of TH2-type cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. We found that a small-molecule selective inhibitor of ITK blocked TCR-mediated signaling in cultured TH2 ce ...[more]