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Isolation and Th17 Differentiation of Naïve CD4 T Lymphocytes
Published on: September 26, 2013
Inducible NO synthase and antibacterial host defence in times of Th17/Th22/T22 immunity
Heiko Mühl1, Malte Bachmann, Josef Pfeilschifter
1Pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. h.muehl@em.unifrankfurt.de
Abstract:
During the last two decades nitric oxide (NO) produced by inducible NO synthase (iNOS or NOS2) has been characterized as immunoregulatory and antimicrobial principle displaying the potential to determine course of disease in a range of infections. Being an enzyme primarily regulated on expressional level, cytokine-driven iNOS appears to be connected in particular with activation of Th1-type immunity. However, with the recent advent of additional, partly overlapping CD4(+) T cell effector subsets, namely Th17 and Th22 cells, a further layer of complexity has been added to immunoregulatory networks determining inflammatory gene expression in the context of microbial infections. Here, we review current knowledge on activation of iNOS function by interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-22 with focus on Th17/Th22-directed antibacterial immunity.
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