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CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS
Volume 13, Issue 4-5, Pages 403-412Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6101(02)00025-4
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IL-10; inflammation; regulatory T cells; SLE; EAE
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Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that plays a crucial role in inflammatory and immune reactions. It has potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive activities on myeloid cell functions which forms a solid basis for its use in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Here, we discuss the role of IL-10 in autoimmune diseases and examine its beneficial effects in cellular-based autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or its involvement in humoral-based autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Inhibition of the immune stimulatory activities of IL-10 may provide novel approaches in the treatment of Immoral autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cancer. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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