Serum levels of Interleukin-33 and its soluble receptor ST2 in asthmatic patients
Interleukin-33 is a member of IL-1 family of cytokines and binds to two receptors: ST2 (IL-1-R1) and IL-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RAP). There are two isoforms of ST2 proteins: ST2L, a transmembrane form, and a soluble ST2 (sST2), a secreted form, that can serve as a decoy receptor of IL-33....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-04-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813002628 |