Nature Communications (May 2016)

T-bet is a key modulator of IL-23-driven pathogenic CD4+ T cell responses in the intestine

  • Thomas Krausgruber,
  • Chris Schiering,
  • Krista Adelmann,
  • Oliver J. Harrison,
  • Agnieszka Chomka,
  • Claire Pearson,
  • Philip P. Ahern,
  • Matthew Shale,
  • Mohamed Oukka,
  • Fiona Powrie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11627
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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How transcription factor T-bet and Th17 cells contribute to colitis remains incompletely understood. Here the authors identify T-bet as a negative regulator of IL-23R pathway activation and show that T-bet deficient T cells drive colitogenic Th17 responses dependent on the cytokines IL-17A and IL-22.