Precarious Balance: Th17 Cells in Host Defense
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Precarious balance: Th17 cells in host defense.
Lineage-specific responses from the effector T-cell repertoire form a critical component of adaptive immunity. The recent identification of Th17 cells-a third, distinct lineage of helper T cells-collapses the long-accepted paradigm in which Th1 and Th2 cells distinctly mediate cellular and humoral immunity, respectively. In this minireview, we discuss the involvement of the Th17 lineage during ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.00929-09