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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages 929-936Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni1375
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Interleukin 27 (IL-27) was first characterized as a proinflammatory cytokine with T helper type 1-inducing activity. However, subsequent work has demonstrated that mice deficient in IL-27 receptor (IL-27Ra) show exacerbated inflammatory responses to a variety of challenges, suggesting that IL-27 has important immunoregulatory functions in vivo. Here we demonstrate that IL-27Ra-deficient mice were hypersusceptible to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and generated more IL-17-producing T helper cells. IL-27 acted directly on effector T cells to suppress the development of IL-17-producing T helper cells mediated by IL-6 and transforming growth factor-beta. This suppressive activity was dependent on the transcription factor STAT1 and was independent of interferon-gamma. Finally, IL-27 suppressed IL-6-mediated T cell proliferation. These data provide a mechanistic explanation for the IL-27-mediated immune suppression noted in several in vivo models of inflammation.
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