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Leptin deficiency impairs maturation of dendritic cells and enhances induction of regulatory T and Th17 cells.
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2014
Moraes-Vieira Pedro M M, Larocca Rafael A, Bassi Enio J, Peron Jean Pierre S, Andrade-Oliveira Vinícius, Wasinski Frederick, Araujo Ronaldo, Thornley Thomas, Quintana Francisco J, Basso Alexandre S, Strom Terry B, Câmara Niels O S
Abstract excerpt
Leptin is an adipose-secreted hormone that plays an important role in both metabolism and immunity. Leptin has been shown to induce Th1-cell polarization and inhibit Th2-cell responses. Additionally, leptin induces Th17-cell responses, inhibits regulatory T (Treg) cells and modulates autoimmune diseases. Here, we investigated whether leptin mediates its activity on T cells by influencing dendritic cells (DCs) to...
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