The roles of IL-5 and anti-IL-5 treatment in eosinophilic diseases: Asthma, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis

IL-5 is the most potent activator of eosinophils and is produced by Th2 cells and ILC2s. A role for IL-5 in eosinophil extracellular trap cell death, i.e., a proinflammatory cell death, has also been reported. Mepolizumab and benralizumab are humanized mAbs that target IL-5 and the IL-5 receptor α,...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Nagase, Shigeharu Ueki, Shigeharu Fujieda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893020300137