Th 17 Cells: Role in Inflammation and Autoimmune Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quesniaux, Valérie (Editor), Ryffel, Bernhard (Editor), Padova, Franco Di (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2009.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Allergy.; Infectious diseases.; Rheumatology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cell Biology.; Allergology.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

With the recent definition of the Th17 cell subset, a new paradigm in innate and adaptive immunity has been established. This book describes the function of the Th17 cell subset and its prevalent role in many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The mechanism by which this T cell subset is generate...