A marked accumulation of eosinophils occurs in several important disorders, such as
allergic diseases, parasitic infections, and cancer. 1 The level of eosinophils in the body is …

Primary eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are defined as disorders that selectively
affect the gastrointestinal tract with eosinophil-rich inflammation in the absence of known …

Airways inflammation is thought to play a central role in the pathogenesis of asthma.
However, the precise role that individual inflammatory cells and mediators play in the …

Abstract THE IDIOPATHIC hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a leukoproliferative
disorder, or more likely disorders, marked by a sustained overproduction of eosinophils. The …

Interleukin-5 is produced by a number of cell types, and is responsible for the maturation
and release of eosinophils in the bone marrow. In humans, interleukin-5 is a very selective …

Airway inflammation is believed to stimulate mucus production in asthmatic patients.
Increased mucus secretion is an important clinical symptom and contributes to airway …

The role of cytokines in the accumulation of eosinophil granulocytes in inflamed tissue has
been studied extensively during recent years, and these molecules have been found to …

Eosinophil accumulation is a distinctive feature of lung allergic inflammation. Here, we have
used a mouse model of OVA (ovalbumin)-induced pulmonary eosinophilia to study the …

Eotaxin is a potent and specific eosinophil chemoattractant that is mobilized in the
respiratory epithelium after allergic stimulation. Pulmonary levels of eotaxin mRNA are …

Eosinophilic skin diseases, commonly termed as eosinophilic dermatoses, refer to a broad
spectrum of skin diseases characterized by eosinophil infiltration and/or degranulation in …