IL-10 deficiency prevents IL-5 overproduction and eosinophilic inflammation in a murine model of asthma-like reaction
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Eosinophilic inflammation and bronchial mucus secretion are among the characteristic pathological changes in asthmatic reaction, which is mediated by Th2 type responses. Although it belongs to Th2 cytokines especially in the mouse, IL-10 is often considered an inhibitory cytokine for both Th1 and Th2 cells. In the present study, using a murine asthma model induced by ovalbumin (OVA), we demonstrated that endogenous IL-10 is critical for the development of asthma-like responses. Specifically, in comparison with wild-type controls, IL-10 gene knockout (KO) mice showed significantly reduced IL-5 production, eosinophilic inflammation and mucus production without notable changes in IL-4 and IgE responses following i. p. sensitization and subsequent intranasal challenge with OVA. In addition, Th1-related cytokine (IFN-gamma and IL-12) production in IL-10 KO mice was significantly higher than that in wild-type mice. The results suggest that endogenous IL-10 plays an important role in promoting pulmonary eosinophilic inflammatory reaction and mucus production during asthmatic reaction. The data also argue that IL-10 may be more influential in the development of IL-5-producing Th2 cells which differ from typical Th2 cells producing both IL-4 and IL-5.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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