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Proposed mechanism activated by IL-4 stimulation of ECs resulting in claudin-5 up-regulation that contributes to protection from complement-mediated cytotoxicity. Not indicated in the diagram is the absolute requirement for protection of a second activation process that includes PI3K-Akt-SREB1-phospholipid synthesis (1, 6, 7).
