Two and three doses of MSCs reduced lung inflammation, levels of interleukin (IL)-4, IL-13, and eotaxin; total leukocyte, CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell, and eosinophil counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; and total leukocyte counts in bone marrow, spleen, and mediastinal lymph nodes.
Ten milligram per kilogram (total anthocyanins) of a commercially available, anthocyanin-rich New Zealand "Ben Ard" blackcurrant extract ("Currantex 30") attenuated ovalbumin-induced inflammation, eosinophilia (by 52.45 ± 38.50%), and CCL11 production (by 48.55 ± 28.56%) in a mouse model of acute allergic lung inflammation.
Expansion of CD4(+) CD25(+) and CD25(-) T-Bet, GATA-3, Foxp3 and RORγt cells in allergic inflammation, local lung distribution and chemokine gene expression.
Whilst the inhibition of either the IL-4/IL-13 or IL-5/eotaxin pathways resulted in the abolition of tissue eosinophils and AHR, only depletion of IL-5 and eotaxin concurrently results in marked attenuation of pulmonary inflammation.
There is an increased expression of eotaxin and MCP-4 mRNA within the peripheral airways of lungs of asthmatic subjects, suggesting that these chemokines contribute to the small airways and peripheral lung inflammation in asthma.