|
KMID : 0923620170170050276
|
|
Immune Network
2017 Volume.17 No. 5 p.276 ~ p.286
|
|
|
IL-17A-Producing Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells and Human Diseases
|
|
Jung Min-Kyung
Kwak Jeong-Eun
Shin Eui-Cheol
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells play major roles in immune homeostasis. While CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells act to suppress other immune effector cells, there is growing evidence that they also produce pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-17A, in inflammatory conditions. The pro-inflammatory cytokine milieu, toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, and specific transcription factors are important for the production of IL-17A by CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells. In particular, IL-17A-producing CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells express RORγt, the T helper (Th) 17-specific transcription factor, in addition to Foxp3. IL-17A-producing CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells are also involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases. Here we review the mechanisms underlying the induction of IL-17A-producing CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells and the roles of these cells in human disease.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Regulatory T-cells, IL-17A, Inflammation, Pro-inflammatory cytokine
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|