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1: Nat Immunol. 2007 Sep;8(9):942-9. Epub 2007 Aug 5.Click here to read Links
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Nat Immunol. 2007 Sep;8(9):903-5.

Interleukins 1beta and 6 but not transforming growth factor-beta are essential for the differentiation of interleukin 17-producing human T helper cells.

Acosta-Rodriguez EV, Napolitani G, Lanzavecchia A, Sallusto F.

Institute for Research in Biomedicine, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland. eva.acosta@irb.unisi.ch

Interleukin 17 (IL-17)-producing CD4(+) helper T cells (T(H)-17 cells) have been linked to host defense and autoimmune diseases. In mice, the differentiation of T(H)-17 cells requires transforming growth factor-beta and IL-6 and the transcription factor RORgammat. We report here that for human naive CD4(+) T cells, RORgammat expression and T(H)-17 polarization were induced by IL-1beta and enhanced by IL-6 but were suppressed by transforming growth factor-beta and IL-12. Monocytes and conventional dendritic cells, but not monocyte-derived dendritic cells activated by microbial stimuli, efficiently induced T(H)-17 priming, and this function correlated with antigen-presenting cell production of IL-1beta and IL-6 but not IL-12. Our results identify cytokines, antigen-presenting cells and microbial products that promote the polarization of human T(H)-17 cells and emphasize an important difference in the requirements for the differentiation of T(H)-17 cells in humans and mice.

PMID: 17676045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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