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ReviewImmunity2015

Interleukin-33 in Tissue Homeostasis, Injury, and Inflammation.

Ari B Molofsky, Adam K Savage, Richard M Locksley

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Review in Immunity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 384 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

384 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ari B MolofskyDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA.
Adam K SavageHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA.
Richard M LocksleyHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0795, USA. Electronic address: locksley@medicine.ucsf.edu.

Funding

Role of miRNAs in Th2-Driven inflammation in AsthmaP01HL107202 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FAHY, JOHN V · 2012 to 2023
$23.3M
Initiation of allergic immunity by parasitesR01AI030663 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 1991 to 2016
$5.7M
Parasite immunity orchestrated by type 2 immune cellsR01AI026918 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 1988 to 2022
$3.8M
Parasite Immunity Orchestrated by Th2 CellsR37AI026918 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 2006 to 2015
$3.8M
Epithelial chitinase and lung homeostasisR01HL128903 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
Regulation and function of allergic immune cells in visceral adipose tissueK08DK101604 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MOLOFSKY, ARI B · 2014 to 2018
$811k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS HL107202NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107202NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128903NIAID NIH HHS AI026918NIAID NIH HHS AI030663NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI026918NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI030663NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI026918NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK101604NIDDK NIH HHS K08DK101604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a nuclear-associated cytokine of the IL-1 family originally described as a potent inducer of allergic type 2 immunity. IL-33 signals via the receptor ST2, which is highly expressed on group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) and T helper 2 (Th2) cells, thus underpinning its association with helminth infection and allergic pathology. Recent studies have revealed ST2 expression on subsets of regulatory T cells, and for a role for IL-33 in tissue homeostasis and repair that suggests previously unrecognized interactions within these cellular networks. IL-33 can participate in pathologic fibrotic reactions, or, in the setting of microbial invasion, can cooperate with inflammatory cytokines to promote responses by cytotoxic NK cells, Th1 cells, and CD8(+) T cells. Here, we highlight the regulation and function of IL-33 and ST2 and review their roles in homeostasis, damage, and inflammation, suggesting a conceptual framework for future studies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHomeostasisHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33InterleukinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceSignal TransductionTh2 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryWounds and InjuriesIL1RL1 protein, humanIL33 protein, humanInterleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 ProteinInterleukin-33InterleukinsReceptors, Cell Surface

Identifiers

PMID26084021
PMCPMC4471869

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