Arthritis and autoimmunity
β Scribed by M. A. Khan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 447 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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Objective. Joint inflammation in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is sometimes associated with an autoimmune response to type II collagen (CII), a cartilage-specific protein. To test the hypothesis that down-regulation of autoimmunity to CII can be accomplished in JRA by oral administration of CI
## Abstract Interleukin 17 is a T cellβderived cytokine that induces the release of proβinflammatory mediators in a wide range of cell types. Recently, a subset of ILβ17βproducing T helper cells (Th17) distinct from Th1 and Th2 cells has been described, which constitutes a new T cell polarization s