Wheezing and itching: The requirement for STAT proteins in allergic inflammation.
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SUBMITTER: Glosson NL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3670132 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
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Wheezing and itching: The requirement for STAT proteins in allergic inflammation.
Glosson Nicole L NL Bruns Heather A HA Kaplan Mark H MH
JAK-STAT 20120101 1
The development of allergic inflammation requires the orchestration of gene expression from the inflamed tissue and from the infiltrating immune cells. Since many of the cytokines that promote allergic inflammation signal through hematopoietin family receptors, the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) family have obligate roles in pro-allergic cytokine-induced gene regulation in multiple cell types. In this review, we summarize work defining the contribution of each of the STA ...[more]
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