2024
Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts
Sand J, Jessen H, Leeming D, Yu S, Lee C, Hu B, Sun Y, Adams T, Pivarnik T, Liu A, Woo S, McGovern J, Fiorini V, Saber T, Higuero-Sevilla J, Gulati M, Kaminski N, Damsky W, Shaw A, Mohanty S, Goobie G, Zhang Y, Herzog E, Ryu C. Plasma collagen neoepitopes are associated with multiorgan disease in the ACCESS and GRADS sarcoidosis cohorts. Thorax 2024, 79: thorax-2023-221095. PMID: 39117421, DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-221095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSarcoidosis cohortMultiorgan diseasePRO-C3Interleukin-4Case Control Etiologic Study of SarcoidosisPlasma levels of interleukin-4Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyLevels of interleukin-4Pathogenesis of sarcoidosisC6MC3MHealthy control patientsStudy of sarcoidosisGenomic researchAbnormal extracellular matrixAssociated with dermatological diseaseCollagen degradationScadding stageCorticosteroid useComplex diseasesPRO-C6Control patientsIL-13IL-5IL-9
2008
IL-13 Receptor α2 Selectively Inhibits IL-13-Induced Responses in the Murine Lung
Zheng T, Liu W, Oh SY, Zhu Z, Hu B, Homer RJ, Cohn L, Grusby MJ, Elias JA. IL-13 Receptor α2 Selectively Inhibits IL-13-Induced Responses in the Murine Lung. The Journal Of Immunology 2008, 180: 522-529. PMID: 18097054, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.1.522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-13Ralpha2Pulmonary inflammationIL-13Inflammatory responseMurine lungHigh-affinity IL-13 receptorsTransgenic IL-13IL-13 receptor α2Production of chemokinesEnhanced inflammatory responseIL-13 receptorMucus metaplasiaTh2 inflammationAirway remodelingSubepithelial fibrosisIL-4Receptor α2Critical cytokineIL-13Ralpha1IL-4RalphaDecoy receptorPhysiologic responsesInflammationTissue effectsReceptors