An immune-shift induced by lycopene; from an eosinophil-dominant type towards an eosinophil/neutrophil-co-dominant type of airway inflammation† Attila Bácsi, a Renáta Lucas,b Máté István Sütő, ac Mónika Szklenár,d Torsten Bohn e and Ralph Rühl *bd Abstract Lycopene as the main carotenoid from tomatoes is known to have beneficial effects on various inflammatory diseases. In mice, lycopene ameliorates asthma symptoms and in human asthmatic patients serum lycopene levels are reduced.
