Open Access<p>The IL-33/sST2 Axis in Thromboangiitis Obliterans</p>
Author(s) -
Hiva Sharebiani,
Mehran Mohareri,
Seyed Ali Mirhosseini,
Bahare Fazeli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of inflammation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.656
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1178-7031
DOI - 10.2147/jir.s253980
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , systemic vasculitis , gangrene , vasculitis , buerger's disease , receptor , interleukin 33 , surgery , interleukin , disease , cytokine
Until recently, it remains unknown whether thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) is a type of systemic vasculitis. A high level of IL-33 and its soluble decoy receptor sST2 in the acute phase of systemic vasculitis has been demonstrated.