title: GM-CSF regulation in eosinophils.
abstract: Allergic asthma is characterized by a temporally and quantitatively inappropriate immunologic response. One of the hallmarks of this response is the accumulation of eosinophils in the airway and lung parenchyma, which results in broncho-constriction, lung damage and, ultimately, fibrosis. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plays a pivotal role in this process by modulating eosinophil function and survival. In this review, we discuss the effects and molecular regulation of GM-CSF secretion by eosinophils. Recent data demonstrate that activated eosinophils release small amounts of anti-apoptotic GM-CSF by stabilizing its coding mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792, USA.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esnault
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Malter
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002470:Cell Survival; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D020871:RNA Stability; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor