Interrelationship between inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, IL-33, IL-37) and acquired immunity

L Franza, V Carusi, S Altamura, Al Caraffa, CE Gallenga, SK Kritas, G Ronconi, P Conti, F Pandolfi

Article ID: 4590
Vol 33, Issue 5, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23812/Editorial
Received: 19 July 2019; Accepted: 19 July 2019; Available online: 8 November 2019; Issue release: 8 November 2019

Abstract

It is now well-known that interleukins (ILs) play a pivotal role in shaping innate immunity: inflammatory ILs are responsible for all innate aspects of immune response, from the very first vascular reactions to the chronic non-specific response to inflammation; while anti-inflammatory ILs are responsible for keeping adaptive immunity at bay. The interactions between ILs and adaptive immunity have been long considered secondary to the effects on the innate immune system, but in recent years it has appeared more clearly that IL direct interactions with adaptive immunity are extremely important both in physiologic and pathologic immune response. In the present review we analyze the role of inflammatory ILs (IL-1, IL-6, IL-33 and IL-37) on adaptive immunity and briefly discuss the possible therapeutic perspectives of IL-blockade in adaptive immunity disorders.


Keywords

IL-37;IL-6;inflammatory cytokines;innate immunity


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