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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

An Immunoregulatory Role of Interleukin-3 in Allergic Asthma.

Susanne Krammer, Zuqin Yang, Theodor Zimmermann, Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Carol I Geppert, Nikolaos G Papadopoulos, Susetta Finotto

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. 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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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Susanne KrammerDepartment of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Zuqin YangDepartment of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Theodor ZimmermannChildren's Hospital, Department of Allergy and Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Paraskevi XepapadakiAllergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Carol I GeppertInstitute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Nikolaos G PapadopoulosAllergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Susetta FinottoDepartment of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen · DENational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Allergic asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease associated with airway mucus hyper-production. ILC2 cells, which express the Th2 transcription factor GATA3, have been associated with allergic asthma. The cytokine IL-3 is known to support eosinophil, basophil and mucosal mast cell differentiation and survival; however, its role on T regulatory cells as well as on lung ILC2 and in pediatric asthma needs further investigation. Objectives: To investigate the role of IL-3 in preschool children and to explore its therapeutic role in experimental asthma. Methods: In a cohort of preschool children with and without asthma, we analyzed the secretion of IL-3 in nasopharyngeal fluid (NPF) and IL-3 receptor (R) alpha chain mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In a murine model of allergic asthma, we analyzed the phenotype of wild-type untreated and rIL-3 intranasally treated asthmatic mice. Results: IL-3 was found downregulated in the nasopharyngeal fluid of children with partially controlled asthma, as compared to control children. Moreover, IL-3 was found induced in phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated PBMCs from children with asthma and treated with steroids. Finally, IL-3 in NPF directly correlated with the anti-inflammatory molecule sST2 in steroid-treated asthmatic children. Intranasal rIL-3 delivery Conclusions: IL-3 was found associated with steroid-resolved asthma. Moreover, treatment with rIL-3 resulted in amelioration of airway eosinophilia and mucus production, two main pathophysiological conditions associated with asthma in a murine model of allergic asthma. Thus, rIL-3 opens new strategies for immunotherapy of this disease.

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AsthmaInterleukin-3AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunity, InnateLeukocytes, MononuclearLymphocytesMiceMice, KnockoutIL3 protein, humanInterleukin-3allergic asthmaeosinophilsIL-3ILC2sT regulatory cells

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