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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhou Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299676 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical & translational immunology 20200617 6
Interleukin (IL)-33, a member of the IL-1 superfamily, functions as an alarm signal, which is released upon cell injury or tissue damage to alert the immune system. It has emerged as a chief orchestrator in immunity and has a broad pleiotropic action that influences differentiation, maintenance and function of various immune cell types via the ST2 receptor. Although it has been strongly associated with immunopathology, critically, IL-33 is involved in host defence, tissue repair and homeostasis. ...[more]