Table 2

Cytokines regulating eosinophilia

Cytokine
Family
Effect on Eosinophils
Other Relevant Functions

TNF-α [59,60]
Monokine
CAM expression, recruitment
Vascular permeability increase, eosinophil degranulation
IL-1β [59,60]
Monokine
CAM expression, eosinophil recruitment
Eosinophil activation, eosinophil degranulation
IL-3 [59]
HP
survival, differentiation
Multipotential HP
IL-4 [59,60]
Th2
VCAM expression on EC
IgE synthesis
IL-5 [59]
Th2
Hematopoiesis, activation, survival, mediator
IgA synthesis
IL-13 [59,60]
Th2
VCAM expression on EC
IgE synthesis, Mucus production
GM-CSF [59,60]
Th1/2
Activation
MO activation, hematopoiesis
SCF [59]
HP
Adhesion
Mast cell growth
Eotaxins [59]
Chemokine
Chemoattractant
Multipotential HP
MCPs [59,60]
Chemokine
Chemoattractant
MO chemotaxis
RANTES [59,60]
Chemokine
Chemoattractant
Histamine release from basophils

CAM, Cell Adhesion Molecule; EC, endothelial cells; CSF, Colony Stimulating Factor; Th2, type 2 T helper cell; HP, hematopoietin; APR, acute phase response, MO, Monocyte-macrophage lineage cells; VCAM-vascular cell adhesion molecule; MCP-monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

Copeland et al. Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2004 2:7   doi:10.1186/1476-7961-2-7