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Human Group 2 innate lymphoid cells do not express the IL-5 receptor

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posted on 2017-05-16, 08:58 authored by Adam K. A. Wright, Cathryn Weston, Batika M. J. Rana, Christopher E. Brightling, David J. Cousins
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are upstream regulators of IL-5-dependent eosinophil function in asthma. We’ve shown that ILC2s do not express the IL-5R and thus IL-5R- dependent therapeutic interventions (e.g. Benralizumab) are unlikely to be mediated directly on ILC2s.

Funding

This work was part funded by (for CEB) Airway Disease Predicting Outcomes through Patient Specific Computational Modelling (AirPROM) project (funded through FP7 EU grant), Wellcome Senior Fellowship, (for DJC) Medical Research Council (MRC) and Asthma UK (Centre Grant: G1000758), from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre based at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, an equipment grant from the Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association (MAARA) and (for CEB and DJC) the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Unit. BMJR was funded by an MRC and Asthma UK PhD studentship. This paper presents independent research funded by the NIHR.

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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2017

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY/School of Medicine/Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Elsevier for American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

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0091-6749;1097-6825

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2017-04-12

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2017

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2017-05-16

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091674917307492

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en

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