Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine

Vestergaard C, Deleuran M, Gesser B, Larsen CG. Thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC/CCL17) induces a Th2-dominated inflammatory reaction on intradermal injection in mice. Exp Dermatol 2004 13 265-271. 

Greaves DR, Hakkinen T, Lucas AD, et al. Linked chromosome 16ql3 chemo-kines, macrophage-derived chemokine, fractalkine, and thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine, are expressed in human atherosclerotic lesions. Arterioscler Thromb Vase Biol 2001 21(6) 923-929. 

Sekiya T, Yamada H, Yamaguchi M, et al. Increased levels of a TH2-type CC chemokine thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) in serum and induced sputum of asthmatics. Allergy 2002 57(2) 173-177. 

Sekiya T, Miyamasu M, Imanishi M, et al. Inducible expression of a Th2-type CC chemokine thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine by human bronchial epithelial cells. J Immunol 2000 165(4) 2205-2213. 

Kawasaki S, Takizawa H, Yoneyama H, et al. Intervention of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine attenuates the development of allergic airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in mice. J Immunol 2001 166(3) 2055-... 

Thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) Thymus-expressed CC chemokine (TECK)... 

Leung TF, Wong CK, Chan IH, Ip WK, Lam CW, Wong GW Plasma concentration of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine is elevated in childhood asthma, J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002 110 404-409. 

Jahnz-Rozyk K, Targowski T, Paluchowska E, Owczarek W, Kucharczyk A Semm thymus and activation-regulated chemokine, macrophage-derived chemokine and eotaxin as markers of severity of atopic dermatitis. Allergy 2005 60 685-688. 

Hijnen D, De Bruin-Weller M, Oosting B, Lebre C, De Jong E, Bruijnzeel-Koomen C, Knol E Serum thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) and cutaneous T cell-attracting chemokine (CTACK) levels in allergic diseases TARC and CTACK are disease-specific markers for atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 113 334-340. 

Kakinuma T, Nakamura K, Wakugawa M, Mitsui H, Tada Y, Saeki H, Torii H, Asahina A, Onai N, Matsushima K, Tamaki K Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine in atopic dermatitis serum thymus and activation-regulated chemokine level is closely related with disease activity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001 107 535-541. 

Morita E, HiragunT, Mihara S, Kaneko S, Matsuo H, Zhang Y, Dekio S Determination of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)-contents in scales of atopic dermatitis. J Dermatol... 

Asojo, OA., Boulegue, C., Hoovei D.M., Lu, W., and Lubkowski, J. (2003) Structures of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC). Acta CrystaUographica. Section D, Biological Crystallogruphy, 59, 1165—1173. 

Greaves, D. R., Hakkinen, T., Lucas, A. D., Liddiard, K., Jones, E., Quinn, C. M., Senaratne, J., Green, F. R., Tyson, K., Boyle, J., Shanahan, C., Weissberg, P. L., Gordon, S., and Yla-Hertualla, S. (2001). Linked chromosome 16ql3 chemokines, macrophage-derived chemokine, fractalkine, and thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine, are expressed in human atherosclerotic lesions. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vase. Biol. 21, 923-929. 

Kumagai, N., Fukuda, K., and Nishida, T. (2000). Synergistic effect of TNF-alpha and IL-4 on the expression of thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine in human corneal fibroblasts. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 279, 1-5. 

Sekiya, T., Miyamasu, M., Imanishi, M., Yamada, H., Nakajima, T., Yamaguchi, M., Fujisawa, T., Pawankar, R., Sano, Y., Ohta, K., Ishii, A., Morita, Y., Yamamoto, K., Matsushima, K., Yoshie, O., and Hirai, K. (2000). Inducible expression of a Th2-type CC chemokine thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine by human bronchial epithelial cells. J. Immunol. 165, 2205-2213. 

Miyazaki E, Nureki S, Ono E, et al. Circulating thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine/CCL17 is a useful biomarker for discriminating acute eosinophilic pneumonia from other causes of acute lung injury. Chest 2007 131 1726-1734. Kawayama T, Eujiki R, Morimitsu Y, et al. Fatal idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia with acute lung injury. Respirology 2002 7 373-375. 

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