1 Similarly, Estelle Bettelli of the center for neurological diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and her colleagues showed that TGF ß -transgenic mice had increased numbers of Th17 cells and more severe autoimmune diseases. 2 These results clearly demonstrated that TGF ß is essential for the induction of Th17 cells. But more important, papers recently published have shown that IL-6 promotes the development of Th17 cells and that anti-IL-6 antibody almost complete
These findings suggest that there may be a new dichotomy in helper T-cell differentiation, and IL-6 might be a crucial factor to polarize to increase Th17 cells and to inhibit regulatory T cells, leading to autoimmunity.
Yoshiyuki Ohsugi is the science director for the MRA unit (a humanized anti-human interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody) at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. in Tokyo, Japan.
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