Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Transcriptional signature of human pro-inflammatory TH17 cells identifies reduced IL10 gene expression in multiple sclerosis

  • Dan Hu,
  • Samuele Notarbartolo,
  • Tom Croonenborghs,
  • Bonny Patel,
  • Ron Cialic,
  • Tun-Hsiang Yang,
  • Dominik Aschenbrenner,
  • Karin M. Andersson,
  • Marco Gattorno,
  • Minh Pham,
  • Pia Kivisakk,
  • Isabelle V. Pierre,
  • Youjin Lee,
  • Karun Kiani,
  • Maria Bokarewa,
  • Emily Tjon,
  • Nathalie Pochet,
  • Federica Sallusto,
  • Vijay K. Kuchroo,
  • Howard L. Weiner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01571-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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CD4+ T cells secreting interleukin-17 (TH17) have diverse functions in modulating autoimmune diseases. Here the authors show via transcriptome analyses that a subset of human TH 17 co-expressing interferon-γ (TH1/17) has a molecular signature similar to “pathogenic” mouse TH 17 but distinct from “non-pathogenic” mouse TH 17.