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Autoimmune Disease
Data on autoimmune disease reported by researchers at INSERM
June 17th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, "T cells differentiate into functionally distinct effector subsets in response to pathogen encounter. Cells of the innate immune system direct this process; CD1d-restricted invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, for example, can either promote or inhibit Th-1 and Th-2 responses." "Recently, a new subset of CD4(+) T helper cells, called Th-17, was identified that is implicated in mucosal immunity and autoimmune disorders. To investigate the influence of iNKT cells on the differentiation of naive T cells we used an adoptive...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2009-06-17)
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