Natural helper cell development and their role in mediating the innate Th2 inflammatory response
Overproduction of cytokines by T helper 2 (Th2) cells in the lung is thought to be a cause of allergic lung inflammation. We found that innate lymphocytes termed lung Natural Helper cells are a T cell-independent source of Th2 cytokines in allergen stimulated lungs. When stimulated by IL-33 plus IL-...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43861 |