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IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 127, Issue 4, Pages 450-458Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03114.x
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airway remodeling; allergy; asthma; IL-9; TGF-beta; Th2
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P>Helper CD4(+) T-cell subsets have improved our understanding of adaptive immunity in humans and in animal models of disease. These include T helper type 1 (Th1), Th2 and the interleukin-17 (IL-17) -producing population 'Th17'. Th2 cells have been described as orchestrating the immune response in allergic disease based on studies with patient samples and animal models. The cytokine IL-9 has largely been regarded as a Th2 cytokine that makes multifocal contributions to allergic disease. Recent data suggest that under certain conditions relevant to chronic disease (IL-4 and transforming growth factor-beta), a distinct population of IL-9-producing 'Th9' helper T cells can exist. The contribution of Th9 cells in allergic disease is currently unknown, and this review will propose a model for how these cells may regulate chronic allergic inflammation.
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