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Il13  -  interleukin 13

Mus musculus

Synonyms: IL-13, Il-13, Interleukin-13, T-cell activation protein P600
 
 
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Disease relevance of Il13

 

Psychiatry related information on Il13

 

High impact information on Il13

  • Essential role of NKT cells producing IL-4 and IL-13 in the development of allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity [9].
  • The failure to develop AHR can be reversed by the adoptive transfer of tetramer-purified NKT cells producing interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 to Ja281(-/-) mice, which lack the invariant T-cell receptor (TCR) of NKT cells, or by the administration to Cd1d(-/-) mice of recombinant IL-13, which directly affects airway smooth muscle cells [9].
  • T helper 2 (T(H)2) cells elaborate cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-9 and IL-13, which work with toxic mediators of innate immune cells to establish environments that are inhospitable to helminth or arthropod invaders [10].
  • IL-10 was not able to compensate for the absence of IL-4/IL-13-activated alternative macrophages [11].
  • Macrophage/neutrophil-specific IL-4 receptor alpha-deficient mice (LysM(Cre)IL-4Ralpha(-/flox)) were generated to understand the role of IL-4/IL-13 responsive myeloid cells during Type 2 immune responses [11].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Il13

 

Biological context of Il13

  • As described in this issue of Immunity, Lee et al. have now used a transgenic mouse assay to identify a locus control region (LCR) that supports integration site-independent, copy number-dependent transcription of Il4 and Il13 [17].
  • Collectively, these findings indicate a novel role of IL-13 in early myelopoiesis, partially overlapping but also different from that of IL-4 [18].
  • To define further its potential in vivo effector functions, the Clara cell 10-kDa protein promoter was used to express IL-13 selectively in the lung, and the phenotype of the resulting transgenic mice was characterized [3].
  • However, the mechanisms that induce rapid transactivation of the IL-13 gene in response to various types of stimulation have hitherto remained unknown [19].
  • Identification of a conserved GATA3 response element upstream proximal from the interleukin-13 gene locus [20].
 

Anatomical context of Il13

 

Associations of Il13 with chemical compounds

 

Physical interactions of Il13

 

Regulatory relationships of Il13

 

Other interactions of Il13

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Il13

  • Exogenous administration of interleukin-4 (IL-4) or IL-13 was recently shown to regulate this inflammatory injury in association with activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription-6 (STAT6) [37].
  • In addition, the levels of bioactive and total TGF-beta(1) were decreased in lavage fluids from IL-13 transgenic mice with -/- CCR2 loci [12].
  • To determine whether unique gene induction by IL-13 might contribute to its greater proasthmatic effects, mice were inoculated intratracheally with IL-4 or IL-13, and pulmonary gene induction was compared by gene microarray and real-time PCR [38].
  • Attenuation of collagen-induced arthritis in mice by treatment with vector cells engineered to secrete interleukin-13 [39].
  • Consistent with these observations, a profound reduction of Th2 cytokine production (IL-5 and IL-13) was detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) [40].

References

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  14. Upregulation of interleukin-13 and its receptor in a murine model of bleomycin-induced scleroderma. Matsushita, M., Yamamoto, T., Nishioka, K. Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. (2004) [Pubmed]
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  20. Identification of a conserved GATA3 response element upstream proximal from the interleukin-13 gene locus. Yamashita, M., Ukai-Tadenuma, M., Kimura, M., Omori, M., Inami, M., Taniguchi, M., Nakayama, T. J. Biol. Chem. (2002) [Pubmed]
  21. Probabilistic regulation in TH2 cells accounts for monoallelic expression of IL-4 and IL-13. Guo, L., Hu-Li, J., Paul, W.E. Immunity (2005) [Pubmed]
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  39. Attenuation of collagen-induced arthritis in mice by treatment with vector cells engineered to secrete interleukin-13. Bessis, N., Boissier, M.C., Ferrara, P., Blankenstein, T., Fradelizi, D., Fournier, C. Eur. J. Immunol. (1996) [Pubmed]
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