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ArticleAllergy2020

Therapeutic and prophylactic deletion of IL-4Ra-signaling ameliorates established ovalbumin induced allergic asthma.

Jermaine Khumalo, Frank Kirstein, Martyna Scibiorek, Sabelo Hadebe, Frank Brombacher

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Article in Allergy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jermaine KhumaloDivision of Immunology, and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Frank KirsteinDivision of Immunology, and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Martyna ScibiorekDivision of Immunology, and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sabelo HadebeDivision of Immunology, and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6049-8395
Frank BrombacherDivision of Immunology, and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8881-6781
South African Medical Research Council · ZA

Funding

Wellcome Trust, CIDRI-Africa 203135Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease driven predominantly by a T

objectiveWe investigated potential therapeutic effects of selective inhibition of this pathway in mice with established allergic airway disease. We further investigated whether IL-4Rα disruption in systemically sensitized mice can prevent the onset of the disease.

methodsWe used Rosa

resultsInducible deletion of IL-4Rα demonstrated therapeutic effects, on established allergic airway disease, and prevented the development of ovalbumin-induced airway hyperreactivity, eosinophilia, and goblet cell metaplasia in allergen-sensitized mice. Interestingly, IL-4Rα knockdown after allergic sensitization did not induce T

conclusionAbrogation of IL-4Rα signaling after allergic sensitization would have significant therapeutic benefit for T

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AsthmaHypersensitivityAllergensAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalLungMiceMice, Inbred BALB COvalbuminTh2 CellsAllergensOvalbuminIL-4RαprophylactictamoxifenTH2 typetherapeutic

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PMID31782803
PMCPMC7318634
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