Wogonin Attenuates Ovalbumin Antigen-Induced Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Inhibiting Th17 Differentiation

• Main Authors: Rie Takagi (Author), Masaaki Kawano (Author), Kazuyuki Nakagome (Author), Kumiko Hashimoto (Author), Takehiro Higashi (Author), Katsuya Ohbuchi (Author), Atsushi Kaneko (Author), Sho Matsushita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Allergic airway inflammation is generally considered to be a Th2-type immune response. Recent studies, however, have demonstrated that Th17-type immune responses also play important roles in this process, particularly in the pathogenesis of neutrophilic airway inflammation, a hallmark of severe asth...