Systemic IL-26 correlates with improved asthma control in
children sensitized to dog allergen
Melissa A. Kovach1*†, Ulrika
Käck2,3†, Karlhans F Che1, Bettina
Brundin1, Jon R. Konradsen4,5‡,
Anders Lindén1,6‡
1Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental
Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2Department of Clinical Science and Education,
Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden3Sachs´ Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset,
Stockholm, Sweden
4Department of Medicine Solna Immunology and Allergy
Unit, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden
5Department of Women’s and Children’s Health,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
6Karolinska Severe COPD Center, Department of
Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden
*Corresponding author:
Melissa Kovach, M.D..
Karolinska Institutet
Institute for Environmental Medicine
Unit for Lung and Airway Research
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
E-mail: makovach@umich.edu
†Authors contributed equally to this work.
‡Senior authors contributed equally to this work.