Characterization of the novel ST2/IL-33
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Caroll J. Beltrán; Lucía E. Núñez; David Díaz-Jiménez; Nancy Farfan; Enzo Candia
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: St2 has been proposed to be a regulator of inflammation and th1/th2 balance. st2l is the il-33 membrane receptor and belongs to the il-1r family. the soluble variant, st2s, is identical to the extracellular region of st2l and competes for il-33 binding, inhibiting receptor signaling.