Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

A TNFRSF14-FcɛRI-mast cell pathway contributes to development of multiple features of asthma pathology in mice

  • Riccardo Sibilano,
  • Nicolas Gaudenzio,
  • Marianne K. DeGorter,
  • Laurent L. Reber,
  • Joseph D. Hernandez,
  • Philipp M. Starkl,
  • Oliwia W. Zurek,
  • Mindy Tsai,
  • Sonja Zahner,
  • Stephen B. Montgomery,
  • Axel Roers,
  • Mitchell Kronenberg,
  • Mang Yu,
  • Stephen J. Galli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13696
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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TNFSF14 (LIGHT) contributes to airway inflammation and remodelling. Here the authors show that TNFSF14 acting on its receptor TNFRSF14 on mast cells enhances their IgE-dependent activation and that interference with this pathway attenuates features of asthma pathology in mice.