Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Dendritic cell MST1 inhibits Th17 differentiation

  • Chunxiao Li,
  • Yujing Bi,
  • Yan Li,
  • Hui Yang,
  • Qing Yu,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Huilin Su,
  • Anna Jia,
  • Ying Hu,
  • Linian Han,
  • Jiangyuan Zhang,
  • Simin Li,
  • Wufan Tao,
  • Guangwei Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14275
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The differentiation of Th17 cells is central to infection and autoimmunity. Here, the authors show that expression of MST1 by dendritic cells limits IL-6 production and thereby controls Th17 differentiation in immunity to fungal infection and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.