The immunology of asthma

BN Lambrecht, H Hammad - Nature immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Asthma is a common disease that affects 300 million people worldwide. Given the large
number of eosinophils in the airways of people with mild asthma, and verified by data from …

Dendritic cell regulation of T helper cells

X Yin, S Chen, SC Eisenbarth - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
As the professional antigen-presenting cells of the immune system, dendritic cells (DCs)
sense the microenvironment and shape the ensuing adaptive immune response. DCs can …

Barrier epithelial cells and the control of type 2 immunity

H Hammad, BN Lambrecht - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Type-2-cell-mediated immunity, rich in eosinophils, basophils, mast cells, CD4+ T helper 2
(Th2) cells, and type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), protects the host from helminth …

Lung-resident eosinophils represent a distinct regulatory eosinophil subset

C Mesnil, S Raulier, G Paulissen… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Increases in eosinophil numbers are associated with infection and allergic diseases,
including asthma, but there is also evidence that eosinophils contribute to homeostatic …

Functions of murine dendritic cells

V Durai, KM Murphy - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) play critical roles in activating innate immune cells and initiating
adaptive immune responses. The functions of DCs were originally obscured by their overlap …

Rhinitis associated with asthma is distinct from rhinitis alone: the ARIA‐MeDALL hypothesis

J Bousquet, E Melén, T Haahtela, GH Koppelman… - Allergy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis (AD) are interrelated clinical phenotypes that partly
overlap in the human interactome. The concept of “one‐airway‐one‐disease,” coined over …

[HTML][HTML] Klf4 expression in conventional dendritic cells is required for T helper 2 cell responses

R Tussiwand, B Everts, GE Grajales-Reyes, NM Kretzer… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
The two major lineages of classical dendritic cells (cDCs) express and require either IRF8 or
IRF4 transcription factors for their development and function. IRF8-dependent cDCs promote …

[HTML][HTML] Food allergies: the basics

R Valenta, H Hochwallner, B Linhart, S Pahr - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
IgE-associated food allergy affects approximately 3% of the population and has severe
effects on the daily life of patients—manifestations occur not only in the gastrointestinal tract …

[HTML][HTML] Small intestinal resident eosinophils maintain gut homeostasis following microbial colonization

A Ignacio, K Shah, J Bernier-Latmani, Y Köller… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The intestine harbors a large population of resident eosinophils, yet the function of intestinal
eosinophils has not been explored. Flow cytometry and whole-mount imaging identified …

Eosinophils in COPD: just another biomarker?

M Bafadhel, ID Pavord, REK Russell - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Eosinophils are innate immune cells that, under certain conditions, can be recruited to the
lungs, where they have an incompletely understood role in health and disease. Eosinophils …