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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Main Authors: Ensaf A. Azazi, Ashraf E. Elshora, Enas A. Tantawy, Marwa A. Elsayd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813002628