Treatment
Treatments used to combat autoimmune diseases and conditions caused by eosinophils include:
- corticosteroids- promote apoptosis. Numbers of eosinophils in blood are rapidly reduced
- monoclonal antibody therapy- e.g., mepoluzimab or reslizumab against IL-5, prevents eosinophilopoiesis
- antagonists of leukotriene synthesis or receptors
- Gleevec (STI571)- inhibits PDGF-BB in hypereosinophilic leukemia
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