Interleukin-16 in asthma

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 119; no. 12; pp. 1017 - 1025
• Main Authors: DENG, Jing-min, SHI, Huan-zhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Institute of Respiratory Diseases,First Affiliated Hospital,Guangxi Medical University,Nanning 530021,China 20.06.2006
• Subjects: Asthma - etiology; Bronchial Hyperreactivity - etiology; Humans; Interleukin-16 - genetics; Interleukin-16 - physiology; Leukotriene C4 - biosynthesis; T细胞; 发病机制; 白细胞介素-16; pathogenesis; asthma; interleukin-16; CD4+ T cells
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200606020-00009

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that is characterized by lymphocyte, eosinophil, and mast cell infiltration of the submucosa along with mucous gland hyperplasia and subepithelial fibrosis. The inflammatory response in asthma is tightly associated with airway hyperre...