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Development, cytokine profile and function of human interleukin 17–producing helper T cells

Development, cytokine profile and function of human interleukin 17–producing helper T cells TH-17 cells are a distinct lineage of proinflammatory T helper cells that are essential for autoimmune disease. In mice, commitment to the TH-17 lineage is dependent on transforming growth factor-β and interleukin 6 (IL-6). Here we demonstrate that IL-23 and IL-1β induced the development of human TH-17 cells expressing IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22, IL-26, interferon-γ, the chemokine CCL20 and transcription factor RORγt. In situ, TH-17 cells were identified by expression of the IL-23 receptor and the memory T cell marker CD45RO. Psoriatic skin lesions contained IL-23-producing dendritic cells and were enriched in the cytokines produced by human TH-17 cells that promote the production of antimicrobial peptides in human keratinocytes. Our data collectively indicate that human and mouse TH-17 cells require distinct factors during differentiation and that human TH-17 cells may regulate innate immunity in epithelial cells. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Immunology Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Immunology; Infectious Diseases
ISSN
1529-2908
eISSN
1529-2916
DOI
10.1038/ni1497
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Abstract

TH-17 cells are a distinct lineage of proinflammatory T helper cells that are essential for autoimmune disease. In mice, commitment to the TH-17 lineage is dependent on transforming growth factor-β and interleukin 6 (IL-6). Here we demonstrate that IL-23 and IL-1β induced the development of human TH-17 cells expressing IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22, IL-26, interferon-γ, the chemokine CCL20 and transcription factor RORγt. In situ, TH-17 cells were identified by expression of the IL-23 receptor and the memory T cell marker CD45RO. Psoriatic skin lesions contained IL-23-producing dendritic cells and were enriched in the cytokines produced by human TH-17 cells that promote the production of antimicrobial peptides in human keratinocytes. Our data collectively indicate that human and mouse TH-17 cells require distinct factors during differentiation and that human TH-17 cells may regulate innate immunity in epithelial cells.

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Nature ImmunologySpringer Journals

Published: Aug 5, 2007

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