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SUBMITTER: Lee N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4299645 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Naeun N You Sungyong S Shin Min Sun MS Lee Won-Woo WW Kang Ki Soo KS Kim Sang Hyun SH Kim Wan-Uk WU Homer Robert J RJ Kang Min-Jong MJ Montgomery Ruth R RR Dela Cruz Charles S CS Shaw Albert C AC Lee Patty J PJ Chupp Geoffrey L GL Hwang Daehee D Kang Insoo I
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20141201 12
<h4>Rationale</h4>Cytokine receptors can be markers defining different T-cell subsets and considered as therapeutic targets. The association of IL-6 and IL-6 receptor α (IL-6Rα) with asthma was reported, suggesting their involvement in asthma.<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether and how IL-6Rα defines a distinct effector memory (EM) CD8+ T-cell population in health and disease.<h4>Methods</h4>EM CD8+ T cells expressing IL-6Rα (IL-6Rα(high)) were identified in human peripheral blood and analyz ...[more]