IL-33/IL-31 Axis: A Potential Inflammatory Pathway.

ABSTRACT: Cytokines play an important role in the regulation of the immune system (adaptive and innate). Given their importance in proinflammatory processes, cytokines have been used for understanding the pathogenesis and as biomarkers in many diseases. IL-31 and IL-33 are still considered novel cytokines. IL-31 controls signalling and regulates a huge amount of biological functions: it induces proinflammatory cytokines, regulates cell proliferation, and is involved also in tissue remodelling. On the other hand, IL-33 has been identified as an "alarmin" released from the epithelial cells and from different human tissues and organs after a damage following, that is, an inflammatory process. The aim of this literature review is to strengthen the hypothesis about an IL-31/IL-33 axis by evaluating the m

SUBMITTER: Di Salvo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866851 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature