Norepinephrine down-regulates pro-inflammatory pathogenic Th17 cells A recent study in Medical Science Monitor indicates that norepinephrine (noradrenaline), the major sympathetic...
Th17 Cells – Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis The T helper (Th)1/Th2 paradigm has been used to explain many aspects of immune physiology...
Urticaria Linked to a Th2/Th17 Shift A new study by Andrea Moy, Mandakolathur Murali and Rosalynn Nazarian, published in the...
Inhibitors of RORγt Recently, several inhibitors of RORγt have been identified that effectively restrict the function and differentiation of pro-inflammatory...
Peripheral Nerves – Infection – IL-23 In a study published in the journal Immunity, Sakeen Kashem and colleagues report that...
Glucocorticoid Resistance – Takayasu Arteritis A study published in the Arthritis & Rheumatology journal is perhaps the first to demonstrate...
Th17 have heterogeneous phenotypes and functions, and can have pro- or anti-inflammatory activities. Pathogenic Th17 cells have been associated to...
Th17 Cells and Lymphotoxin Tertiary lymphoid organs, or more properly, tertiary lymphoid tissues (TLTs), are accumulations of lymphoid tissues that...
Autism – the Th17–IL-17–IL-17R System A new report published in Science indicates that the key pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-17a may...
Guillain-Barré Syndrome – Th17 A study by Shujuan Li and colleagues from the Jilin University, Changchun, China, suggests that Th17...
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Inhibits Th17 Cells A study published by Rebeca Jimeno et al. published in the Journal of Leukocyte...
New subset of T helper cells – multiple sclerosis A study by Wanqiang Sheng and colleagues from the National University...