Low dose oral administration of cytokines for treatment of allergic asthma

Silvia Gariboldi , Marco Palazzo , Laura Zanobbio , Giuseppina F Dusio , Valentina Mauro , Umberto Solimene , Diego Cardani , Martina Mantovani , Cristiano Rumio

Many inflammatory diseases are characterized by an imbalance among lymphocyte populations, in particular Th1, Th2 and the recently described Th17 cells. The Th1/Th2 imbalance is linked to many factors, but certainly the role of cytokines is essential.

Mots clés: allergy; cytokines; lung; mouse; Th1/Th2 Cells; IL-12; IFN

Silvia Gariboldi, Marco Palazzo, Laura Zanobbio, Giuseppina F Dusio, Valentina Mauro, et al.. Low dose oral administration of cytokines for treatment of allergic asthma. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009, 22 (6), pp.497. ⟨10.1016/j.pupt.2009.05.002⟩. ⟨hal-00589458⟩