Induction of Airway Mucus Production By T Helper 2 (Th2) Cells: A Critical Role For Interleukin 4 In Cell Recruitment But Not Mucus Production
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...The lower limit of sensitivity for each of the ELISAs was 0.6 ng/ml (IFNg ), 5 pg/ml (IL-4), 0.010 ng/ml (IL-5), and 200 pg/ml (IL-10)....
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...CD4 Th2 cells make a different panel of cytokines, including IL-4, IL-5, and IL-10 (17, 18)....
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...Assays were standardized with recombinant IFNg , IL-5, IL-10 (Endogen), and IL-4 (Collaborative Research, Inc.)....
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...1 A ), and IL-10 (data not shown)....
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...IL-4 2/2 OVA-specific Th2 cells produced comparable levels of IL-5 and IL-10 when compared to IL-4 1/1 OVA-specific Th2 cells, but IL-4 was produced only by IL-4 1/1 Th2 cells....
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...Th2 cells secreting IL-4 and IL-5 have been shown to be present and activated in the bronchial wall of asthmatic individuals (9, 23)....
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...To generate Th1 or Th2 cells from DO11.10 mice, CD4 T cells were isolated by negative selection as previously described (31) using mAbs to CD8 (clone 53-6.72, clone 2.43 [ 32 ]), Class II MHC I-A d (212.A1 [33]) and anti‐Ig-coated magnetic beads (Advanced Magnetics, Inc....
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