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SUBMITTER: Maazi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4366271 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maazi Hadi H Patel Nisheel N Sankaranarayanan Ishwarya I Suzuki Yuzo Y Rigas Diamanda D Soroosh Pejman P Freeman Gordon J GJ Sharpe Arlene H AH Akbari Omid O
Immunity 20150310 3
Allergic asthma is caused by Th2-cell-type cytokines in response to allergen exposure. Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are a newly identified subset of immune cells that, along with Th2 cells, contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma by producing copious amounts of IL-5 and IL-13, which cause eosinophilia and airway hyperreactivity (AHR), a cardinal feature of asthma. ILC2s express ICOS, a T cell costimulatory molecule with a currently unknown function. Here we showed that a lack of ICOS on ...[more]