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TSLP promotes interleukin-3-independent basophil haematopoiesis and type 2 inflammation.
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277 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 516 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical characteristics and management of dupilumab-associated ocular surface disease in Japan.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2026Review
- S. aureus exposure during cutaneous antigen sensitization causes basophil- and interleukin-4-dependent exaggerated food anaphylaxis.Immunity · 2025Article
- Distinct Roles for Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) and IL-33 in Experimental Eosinophilic Esophagitis.Allergy · 2025Article
- New Perspectives on Classical Alarmin Responses to Intestinal Helminth Infection.Parasite immunology · 2025Review
- IL-4 impairs the formation of skin-resident memory CD8Nature immunology · 2025Article
- Notch-activated basophils support intestinal CD4Mucosal immunology · 2025Article
- The Role of Alarmins in the Pathogenesis of Asthma.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Atopic Dermatitis: The Relationship Between Immune Mediators and Skin Lipid Barrier.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
CD4(+) T-helper type 2 (T(H)2) cells, characterized by their expression of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-9 and IL-13, are required for immunity to helminth parasites and promote the pathological inflammation associated with asthma and allergic diseases. Polymorphisms in the gene encoding the cytokine thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) are associated with the development of multiple allergic disorders in humans, indicating that TSLP is a critical regulator of T(H)2 cytokine-associated inflammatory diseases. In support of genetic analyses, exaggerated TSLP production is associated with asthma, atopic dermatitis and food allergies in patients, and studies in murine systems demonstrated that TSLP promotes T(H)2 cytokine-mediated immunity and inflammation. However, the mechanisms through which TSLP induces T(H)2 cytokine responses remain poorly defined. Here we demonstrate that TSLP promotes systemic basophilia, that disruption of TSLP-TSLPR interactions results in defective basophil responses, and that TSLPR-sufficient basophils can restore T(H)2-cell-dependent immunity in vivo. TSLP acted directly on bone-marrow-resident progenitors to promote basophil responses selectively. Critically, TSLP could elicit basophil responses in both IL-3-IL-3R-sufficient and -deficient environments, and genome-wide transcriptional profiling and functional analyses identified heterogeneity between TSLP-elicited versus IL-3-elicited basophils. Furthermore, activated human basophils expressed TSLPR, and basophils isolated from eosinophilic oesophagitis patients were distinct from classical basophils. Collectively, these studies identify previously unrecognized heterogeneity within the basophil cell lineage and indicate that expression of TSLP may influence susceptibility to multiple allergic diseases by regulating basophil haematopoiesis and eliciting a population of functionally distinct basophils that promote T(H)2 cytokine-mediated inflammation.
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