title: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin: master switch for allergic inflammation.
abstract: Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an interleukin (IL) 7-like cytokine that triggers dendritic cell-mediated T helper (Th)2 inflammatory responses. TSLP is highly expressed by keratinocytes in skin lesions of patients with atopic dermatitis and is associated with dendritic cell activation in situ, suggesting that TSLP might be a master switch for allergic inflammation at the epithelial cell-dendritic cell interface. New reports now establish a direct link between TSLP expression and the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and asthma in vivo, and begin to reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying TSLP-induced allergic inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Center of Cancer Immunology Research, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. yjliu@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Yong-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015851:Interleukin-7 / Q000502:physiology*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000094632:Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D015851:Interleukin-7; D000094632:Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin