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. 2015 May 15;60(10):1528-31.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ062. Epub 2015 Feb 2.

Interleukin-18 is associated with protection against rhinovirus-induced colds and asthma exacerbations

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Interleukin-18 is associated with protection against rhinovirus-induced colds and asthma exacerbations

David J Jackson et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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Abstract

Rhinoviruses cause the common cold and exacerbations of asthma. Animal models of infection have identified a protective role for interleukin-18 (IL-18). Following experimental rhinovirus infection, we observed increased respiratory symptoms in healthy and asthmatic subjects with low nasal and bronchial IL-18 levels.

Keywords: asthma; inflammasome; interleukin-18; rhinovirus infection.

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