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SUBMITTER: Goswami S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5298936 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goswami Sangeeta S Angkasekwinai Pornpimon P Shan Ming M Greenlee Kendra J KJ Barranco Wade T WT Polikepahad Sumanth S Seryshev Alexander A Song Li-zhen LZ Redding David D Singh Bhupinder B Sur Sanjiv S Woodruff Prescott P Dong Chen C Corry David B DB Kheradmand Farrah F
Nature immunology 20090329 5
The innate immune response of airway epithelial cells to airborne allergens initiates the development of T cell responses that are central to allergic inflammation. Although proteinase allergens induce the expression of interleukin 25, we show here that epithelial matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7) was expressed during asthma and was required for the maximum activity of interleukin 25 in promoting the differentiation of T helper type 2 cells. Allergen-challenged Mmp7(-/-) mice had less airway hyp ...[more]