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NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 121-133Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nri.2017.118
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- Wellcome Trust [100963/Z/13/Z]
- Medical Research Council [U105178805]
- Wellcome Trust [100963/Z/13/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- MRC [MC_U105178805] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105178805] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [100963/Z/13/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
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T helper 2 (T(H)2) cells orchestrate protective type 2 immune responses, such as those that target helminths and facilitate tissue repair, but also contribute to chronic inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and allergy. Here, we review recent insights into how diverse molecular signals from cellular sources, including dendritic cells, innate lymphoid cells and the epithelium, are integrated by T cells to guide the transcriptional and epigenetic changes necessary for T(H)2 cell differentiation. Our improved understanding of these pathways has opened new avenues for therapeutically targeting T(H)2 cells in asthma and allergy. The advent of comprehensive single-cell transcriptomics along with improvements in single-cell proteomics and the generation of novel in vivo cell fate mapping techniques promise to expand our understanding of T cell diversity and offer new insight into disease-related heterogeneity and plasticity of TH cell responses.
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