The Role of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) in Glomerulonephritis

• Main Authors: Keum Hwa Lee (Author), Jae Won Yang (Author), Jin Young Cho (Author), Joo Yup Lee (Author), Eun Kyung Lim (Author), Michael Eisenhut (Author), Dong Yeon Jeong (Author), Johanna Steingroever (Author), Jae Il Shin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an interleukin-7-like cytokine that is an important trigger and initiator of many allergic diseases. TSLP promotes a T-helper type 2 (Th2) cytokine response that can be pathological. A relationship is formed both at the induction phase of the Th2 response throu...