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

L Franza; V Carusi; S Altamura; Al Caraffa; C E Gallenga; S K Kritas; G Ronconi; P Conti; F Pandolfi

doi:10.23812/Editorial

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

J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2019 Sep-Oct;33(5):1321-1326. doi: 10.23812/Editorial.

Authors

L Franza^{1

2}, V Carusi^{1

2}, S Altamura^{1

2}, Al Caraffa³, C E Gallenga⁴, S K Kritas⁵, G Ronconi⁶, P Conti⁷, F Pandolfi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
² Immunology and Allergology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
³ School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Specialist Surgery, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
⁶ Clinica dei Pazienti del Territorio, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Postgraduate Medical School, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.

PMID: 31663301
DOI: 10.23812/Editorial

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.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adaptive Immunity*
Cytokines / immunology*
Humans
Interleukin-1
Interleukin-33
Interleukin-6

Substances

Cytokines
IL33 protein, human
IL37 protein, human
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-1
Interleukin-33
Interleukin-6