RORγt-dependent IL-17A-producing cells in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation.
Mucosal Immunol
; 5(3): 240-7, 2012 May.
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ABSTRACT
The hypothesis of helper T (T(h))1/T(h)2 cytokine balance proposed by Mosmann and Coffman is often invoked to explain the development of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Recently, however, a newly identified class of T(h) cells-T(h)17 cells, which produce T(h)17 family cytokines-has been recognized as an essential subpopulation in the development of almost all kinds of human and animal inflammatory diseases, rather than T(h)1 and T(h)2 cells. A representative T(h)17 family cytokine, interleukin (IL)-17A, is produced by not only T(h)17 cells, but also by other types of cells, such as T-cell receptor γδ T cells, natural killer (NK) T cells, NK cells, myeloid cells, and innate lymphoid cells, which may also be critically involved in the initiation and persistence of IBD. Here we review recent advances in the study of such IL-17A-producing cells in the pathogenesis of IBD.
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Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais
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Subpopulações de Linfócitos T
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Interleucina-17
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Membro 3 do Grupo F da Subfamília 1 de Receptores Nucleares
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Células Th17
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2012
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