“…In the respiratory tract, IL-33 is predominantly released from epithelial cells, alveolar type II epithelial cells, endothelial cells, mast cells, and fibroblasts − (Figure ). It serves as an “alarmin” following insult with inhaled stimuli such as allergens, infections, pollution, and cigarette smoke, which results in activation, migration, and recruitment of innate and adaptive immune cells including eosinophils, ILC2s, mast cells, T cells, natural killer T cells, macrophages, dendritic cells, and hematopoietic progenitor cells and production of type 2 (Th2) cytokines including IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 (reviewed in refs , , and ).…”