Macrophage toll-like receptor signaling

IL-18 also induces IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13 production, increases IgE expression on B cells and in association with IL-2, it enhances stimulus-induced IL-4 production from TH2 cells. Bone marrow-derived basophils produce IL-4 and IL-13 in response to a stimulus from IL-18 and IL-3. IL-18 in combination with IL-12 induces IFN-y from dendritic cells and bone marrow-derived macrophages. Adhesion molecules, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, are induced by this cytokine on synovial fibroblasts and endothelial cells. It inhibits osteoclast formation via its induction of GM-CSF from T cells. The receptors ofIL-18, IL-18Ra and IL-18R(3, share their signaling mechanisms via the IL-1R family. Toll-like receptors also share the downstream signaling pathway of IL-18 and are known to regulate IL-18 expression. 

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