Regulation of mononuclear phagocyte stimulation

摘要

This invention relates to methods for inhibiting the production of reactive oxygen intermediates and to methods for altering the production of cytokines by stimulated mononuclear phagocytes, e.g., peripheral blood monocytes or alveolar macrophages. The invention also relates to methods for treating a subject with a pathologic condition, or at risk for developing a pathologic condition, associated with stimulated mononuclear phagocytes by administering IL-9 to the subject prior to mononuclear phagocyte stimulation.