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Viral Stimuli Trigger Exaggerated Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Expression by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Epithelium: Role of Endosomal TLR3 and Cytosolic RIG-I-Like Helicases
Author(s) -
Jenny Calvén,
Yulyana Yudina,
Oskar Hällgren,
Gunilla WestergrenThorsson,
Donna E. Davies,
Angelica Brandelius,
Lena Uller
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of innate immunity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.078
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1662-8128
pISSN - 1662-811X
DOI - 10.1159/000329131
Subject(s) - thymic stromal lymphopoietin , tlr3 , cytokine , biology , endosome , inflammation , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , toll like receptor , innate immune system , immune system , intracellular
Rhinovirus (RV)-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations exhibit TH(2)-like inflammation. We hypothesized that RV-infected bronchial epithelial cells (BEC) overproduce TH(2)-switching hub cytokine, thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in COPD.

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