Journal of Inflammation (Aug 2017)

Interleukin-35 on B cell and T cell induction and regulation

  • Ai Huang,
  • Lin Cheng,
  • Miao He,
  • Jun Nie,
  • Jianjun Wang,
  • Ke Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12950-017-0164-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Abstract Interleukin (IL)-35 is a relatively newly discovered member of IL-12 cytokine family that is unique in that it is a dimer formed by two subunits. The review documents the structure, secretion and signal transduction of IL-35, the regulation effect of IL-35 on B cells and T cells as well as the adoptive transfer of IL-35+ regulatory B cells (Breg), therapeutic prospects of recombinant IL-35 (rIL-35) and IL-35 regulation role in various diseases. B-cell regulation expands the regulatory range of IL-35 and alters the view that IL-10 is the chief immune mechanism for Breg cells which secrete IL-35. IL-35 induces Breg cells, which then can induce Treg cells. IL-35 also plays an immunomodulatory role in the human body.

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