These cells characteristically produce interleukins such as IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10 and IL-13. A greater understanding of the immunology of asthma and of the role of interleukins has led to ...

Interleukins form an integral part of this immune response and have become an attractive target for modulation in severe asthma.

Interleukins are cytokines produced and secreted mainly by CD3+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes. Interleukins promote development and differentiation of natural killer cells, T and B lymphocytes and ...