Interleukin-33 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin, but not interleukin-25, are crucial for development of airway eosinophilia induced by chitin

Abstract Exposure to various antigens derived from house dust mites (HDM) is considered to be a risk factor for development of certain allergic diseases such as atopic asthma, atopic dermatitis, rhinitis and conjunctivitis. Chitin is an insoluble polysaccharide (β-(1–4)-poly-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine)...

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Main Authors: Ken Arae, Masashi Ikutani, Kotaro Horiguchi, Sachiko Yamaguchi, Youji Okada, Hiroki Sugiyama, Keisuke Orimo, Hideaki Morita, Hajime Suto, Ko Okumura, Haruhiko Taguchi, Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito, Katsuko Sudo, Susumu Nakae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85277-4