Systemic IL-26 correlates positively with IL-17A in allergic children with asthma
Having demonstrated that both IL-26 and IL-17A are elevated systemically in dog allergen-sensitized children compared to non-sensitized children, we next examined whether the systemic concentrations of the two cytokines correlate with each other. Amongst all dog allergen-sensitized subjects, there was a positive correlation between IL-26 and IL-17A (Fig. 3A ). This correlation was also observed in the subset of dog allergen-sensitized children with asthma (Fig. 3B ).