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CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 146-152Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.03.001
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
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Upon encountering antigen in the context of antigen presenting cells, naive CD4(+) T cells undergo differentiation into effector T helper (Th) cells, which can secrete high levels of cytokines and other immunomodulators to mediate host defense and tissue inflammation. During the past three years, the immunology field has witnessed an explosion of research advances in the biology of Th 17 cells, the most recently described subset of T helper cells, which play crucial roles in host immunity and inflammation. Here we review emerging data on transcriptional regulatory networks that govern the differentiation program of Th17 cells, and focus on how the orphan nuclear receptor ROR gamma t coordinates this process in concert with diverse cytokine-induced transcription factors.
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