IL-17A in Human Respiratory Diseases: Innate or Adaptive Immunity? Clinical Implications

Since the discovery of IL-17 in 1995 as a T-cell cytokine, inducing IL-6 and IL-8 production by fibroblasts, and the report of a separate T-cell lineage producing IL-17(A), called Th17 cells, in 2005, the role of IL-17 has been studied in several inflammatory diseases. By inducing IL-8 production an...

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Main Authors: Bullens, Dominique M. A., Decraene, Ann, Seys, Sven, Dupont, Lieven J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3562607/