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Interleukin-17-producing T cells are enriched in the joints of children with arthritis, but have a reciprocal relationship to regulatory T cell numbers.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 2008
Nistala Kiran, Moncrieffe Halima, Newton Katy R, Varsani Hemlata, Hunter Patricia, Wedderburn Lucy R
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OBJECTIVE: To identify interleukin-17 (IL-17)-producing T cells from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and investigate their cytokine production, migratory capacity, and relationship to Treg cells at sites of inflammation, as well as to test the hypothesis that IL-17+ T cell numbers correlate with clinical phenotype in childhood arthritis. METHODS: Flow cytometry was used to analyze the...
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