Induction of Airway Mucus Production By T Helper 2 (Th2) Cells: A Critical Role For Interleukin 4 In Cell Recruitment But Not Mucus Production

Lauren Cohn, Robert Homer, Anthony Marinov, +2

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Expression of Interleukin 9 in the Lungs of  Transgenic Mice Causes Airway Inflammation, Mast Cell Hyperplasia, and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness

Ulla-Angela Temann, Gregory P. Geba, John A. Rankin, +1

The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Phenotypic and physiologic characterization of transgenic mice expressing interleukin 4 in the lung: lymphocytic and eosinophilic inflammation without airway hyperreactivity.

John A. Rankin, Dominic Picarella, Gregory P. Geba, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

AsthmaInflammatory Lung DiseaseLung InflammationImmunologyImmune Regulation +17

A novel role for murine IL-4 in vivo: induction of MUC5AC gene expression and mucin hypersecretion.

Ulla-Angela Temann, B Prasad, Marianne Gallup, +4

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

AsthmaInflammatory Lung DiseaseLung InflammationLymphocyte DevelopmentImmune Regulation +17

Airway epithelial cell expression of interleukin-6 in transgenic mice. Uncoupling of airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity.

Bruno DiCosmo, Gregory P. Geba, Dominic Picarella, +5

Journal of Clinical Investigation

InflammationCytokineHuman Il-6Inflammatory Lung DiseaseCd4+ Cells +11

Limitations of Using Urea to Quantify Epithelial Lining Fluid Recovered by Bronchoalveolar Lavage ^1– ³

Theodore W. Marcy, William W. Merrill, John A. Rankin, +1

American Review of Respiratory Disease

IgE-dependent release of leukotriene C4 from alveolar macrophages

John A. Rankin, Margaret Hitchcock, William Merrill, +3

Nature

InflammationCytokineAnti-inflammatoryLung InflammationImmunology +3

Workshop summary and guidelines: Investigative use of bronchoscopy, lavage, and bronchial biopsies in asthma and other airway diseases

Suzanne S. Hurd, Robert A. Goldstein, Eugene R. Bleecker, +19

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

AsthmaInvestigative UseInflammatory Lung DiseaseAllergyInterventional Pulmonology +7

Respiratory syncytial virus induces interleukin-10 by human alveolar macrophages. Suppression of early cytokine production and implications for incomplete immunity.

James R. Panuska, Rocco Merolla, Nancy A. Rebert, +5

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Respiratory Virus ImmunityLung InflammationViral PathogenesisImmunologyPulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis +18

Macrophages cultured in vitro release leukotriene B4 and neutrophil attractant/activation protein (interleukin 8) sequentially in response to stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and zymosan.

John A. Rankin, Ian Sylvester, Susan M. Smith, +2

Journal of Clinical Investigation

ImmunologyInnate ImmunityInflammationCell SignalingMacrophage Biology +15