Critical role of CCL4 in eosinophil recruitment into the airway

Summary Background Excessive eosinophil airway infiltration is a clinically critical condition in some cases. Eosinophilic pneumonia (EP) is a pulmonary condition involving eosinophil infiltration of the lungs. Although several chemokines, including eotaxin‐1 (CCL11), RANTES (CCL5) and macrophage inflammatory protein 1β (MIP‐1β or CCL4), have been detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with EP, the pathophysiological...