Decreased plasma levels of IL-33 could contribute to the altered function of Th2 lymphocytes in patients with polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

Cancer Invest. 2013 Mar;31(3):212-3. doi: 10.3109/07357907.2013.764566. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Authors

Sebastiano Gangemi¹, Alessandro Allegra, Mirella Profita, Salvatore Saitta, Demetrio Gerace, Anna Bonanno, Andrea Alonci, Annamaria Petrungaro, Sabina Russo, Caterina Musolino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School and Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

PMID: 23402297
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2013.764566

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Interleukin-33
Interleukins / blood*
Interleukins / physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Polycythemia Vera / immunology*
Th2 Cells / immunology*
Thrombocythemia, Essential / immunology*

Substances

IL33 protein, human
Interleukin-33
Interleukins