Th 17 Cells: Role in Inflammation and Autoimmune Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quesniaux, Valřie. (Editor), Ryffel, Bernhard. (Editor), Padova, Franco. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2009.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Toxicology.; Allergy.; Emerging infectious diseases.; Rheumatology.; Cytology.; Biomedicine.; Cell Biology.; Allergology.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8681-8

With the recent definition of the Th17 cell subset, a new paradigm in innate and adaptive immunity has been established. This book describes the function of the Th17 cell subset and its prevalent role in many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The mechanism by which this T cell subset is generate...

Table of Contents:

• IL-22 and IL-17 <U+0013> common and different properties
• Other sources of IL-17: iNKT cells
• Contributions of IL-22 to Th17 responses: Repairing and protecting peripheral tissues
• Retinoic acid in mucosal immune-regulation
• IL-25, another promoter of allergy
• Critical role of IL-17 in experimental arthritis
• Dual role of IL-17 in allergic asthma
• Contribution of IL-17 to the pulmonary inflammatory response
• The role of IL-17 in experimental autoimmune myocarditis
• Th17 cells in organ transplantation
• Is IL-17 required to control tuberculosis?- IL-17 and mucosal host defense
• IL-23 orchestrates the switch from tumor immune surveillance to tumor promoting inflammation
• IL-17 and Th17 cells in rheumatoid arthritis
• Targeting Th17 cells in CNS immune pathology
• IL-17 cytokines in asthma
• IL-17/23, potential targets for Crohn<U+0019>s disease
• IL-17A and Th17 cells as therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases.