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Th1, Th17, and Th9 effector cells induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis with different pathological phenotypes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2009
Jäger Anneli, Dardalhon Valérie, Sobel Raymond A, Bettelli Estelle, Kuchroo Vijay K
Abstract excerpt
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a model of human multiple sclerosis induced by autoreactive Th cells that mediate tissue inflammation and demyelination in the CNS. Initially, IFN-gamma-producing Th1 cells and, more recently, IL-17-producing Th17 cells with specificity for myelin Ags have been implicated in EAE induction, but whether Th17 cells are encephalitogenic has been controversial....
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