Expression of interleukin-22 and its significance in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis.
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In order to explore the role of IL-22 in the pathogenesis of CRS, we observed the expression of IL-22 and associated factors in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP). Immunohistochemical staining was applied to detect the expression of IL-22, IL-22R, STAT3, retinoic acid orphan receptor C (RORC) and aryl hydrocarbon recptor (AhR). There was significantly higher expression of IL-22 in CRSsNP than in controls (P<0.05). But the expression of IL-22 had no significant difference when comparing CRSwNP with CRSsNP and controls. The expression of IL-22R was significantly lower in CRSwNP compared to controls and CRSsNP (P<0.05). The expression of AhR was lower in CRSwNP than in CRSsNP (P<0.05). There was no significant difference of RORC and STAT3 among CRSwNP, CRSsNP and controls. IL-22 plays the important role in the pathogenesis of CRS, and further research is needed to understand the complex interactions with other cytokines and the exact mechanism of transcriptional regulation for IL-22.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Xin Wang, Mi Gao, Yuan Xu, Huamin Guo, Chunyuan Zhao
Language: English
Subfield: Otorhinolaryngology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2212679432