supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30872803 to Aihua Zhang,No.30772365 to Songming Huang);the Jiangsu Key Medical Talent Foundation(No.RC2007015 to Aihua Zhang;the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry of China
Objective: Monocytes/macrophages, proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines are important in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis. Interleukin (IL) -13 has been shown to exert potent anti-inflammatory properties. ...