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. 1991 Mar 1;173(3):775-8.
doi: 10.1084/jem.173.3.775.

Messenger RNA expression of the cytokine gene cluster, interleukin 3 (IL-3), IL-4, IL-5, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, in allergen-induced late-phase cutaneous reactions in atopic subjects

A B Kay  1 , S Ying, V Varney, M Gaga, S R Durham, R Moqbel, A J Wardlaw, Q Hamid
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Messenger RNA expression of the cytokine gene cluster, interleukin 3 (IL-3), IL-4, IL-5, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, in allergen-induced late-phase cutaneous reactions in atopic subjects

A B Kay et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

Cryostat sections from skin biopsies from 24-h allergen-induced late-phase cutaneous reactions (LPR) in 14 human atopic subjects were hybridized with 35S-labeled RNA probes for a number of cytokines. mRNA was detected for interleukin 3 (IL-3) (8/14), IL-4 (10/14), IL-5 (11/14), and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (13/14). Only 5 of 14 gave hybridization signals for IL-2, and 0 of 14 for interferon gamma. Biopsies from diluent controls gave only occasional weak signals. These results suggest that cells infiltrating the site of the 24-h LPR transcribe mRNA for the IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, and GM-CSF gene cluster and support the hypothesis that atopy is associated with preferential activation of cells having a similar cytokine profile to the murine T helper type 2 subset.

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