IL-31 and IL-8 in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Looking for Their Role in Itch
The itch associated with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), including Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS), is often severe and poorly responsive to treatment with antihistamines.
Maria Abreu +13 more
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Prurigo nodularis is a highly pruritic and hyperplastic chronic dermatosis with unknown pathogenesis. Many pruritogenic mediators, including nerve growth factor, interleukin (IL)-31, thymic stromal lymphopoietin, and endothelin-1, are implicated in ...
Weilong Zhong +9 more
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Role of Interleukin-18 in vascular injury: a new pharmacological target for the prevention of restenosis [PDF]
Background: Studies in humans as well as in animal models suggest that interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a crucial role in vascular pathologies. IL-18 is a strong predictor of cardiovascular death in angina and is involved in atherotic plaque destabilization.
Grassia, Gianluca
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Psoriasis is recognized not only as a skin disease but also as a systemic disorder. Interleukin-31 (IL-31) may be associated with psoriasis and systemic inflammation.
Chuyen Thi Hong Nguyen +1 more
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Evaluation of the role of interleukin-31 in inflammatory acne vulgaris: a case–control study
Background Acne vulgaris (AV) is a chronic inflammatory disease with multifactorial etiology and a significant psychological disability. Inflammation is a fundamental process in the early and late stage of acne.
Shahira A Ramadan +4 more
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Priming by recombinant chicken interleukin-2 induces selective expression of IL-8 and IL-18 mRNA in chicken heterophils during receptor-mediated phagocytosis of opsonized and nonopsonized Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis [PDF]
Heterophils, the principal avian polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) equivalent to the mammalian neutrophil, function as professional phagocytes against bacterial infections, mediate acute inflammation, and respond to cytokine stimulation to aid in ...
Michael H Kogut +5 more
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Cytoplasmic tail of IL-13Ralpha2 regulates IL-4 signal transduction
IL (interleukin)-4 and IL-13 are key cytokines in the pathogenesis of allergic inflammatory disease. IL-4 and IL-13 share many functional properties as a result of their utilization of a common receptor complex comprising IL-13Ralpha1 (IL-13 receptor ...
Donna E. Davies +13 more
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Mycobacterial purified protein derivatives stimulate innate immunity: Malawians show enhanced tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-10 responses compared to those of adolescents in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
To investigate the role of innate immunity in variable efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination in Malawi and the United Kingdom, we examined 24-h tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-10 responses to mycobacterial ...
Elizabeth King +41 more
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: In this study the correlation between the clinical score, mast cell count and interleukin 31 (IL-31) immunostaining in the skin of dogs with atopic dermatitis was determined. A total of 31 dogs of different breeds, from one to eight years of age, were
Bárbara Hess Rodrigues Gonçalves +6 more
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Interleukin-31: a novel diagnostic marker of allergic diseases
Interleukin-31 (IL-31) is a newly discovered cytokine associated with chronic skin inflammation and pruritus. Patients with atopic dermatitis, chronic spontaneous urticaria, allergic contact dermatitis, prurigo nodularis, primary cutaneous lymphoma and ...
Rabenhorst, Anja, Hartmann, Karin
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