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IFITM proteins drive type 2 T helper cell differentiation and exacerbate allergic airway inflammation

  • Diana C. Yánez
  • , Hemant Sahni
  • , Susan Ross
  • , Anisha Solanki
  • , Ching-In Lau
  • , Eleftheria Papaioannou
  • , Alessandro Barbarulo
  • , Rebecca Powell
  • , Ulrike C. Lange
  • , David J. Adams
  • , Martino Barenco
  • , Masahiro Ono
  • , Fulvio D'Acquisto
  • , Anna Furmanski
  • , Tessa Crompton
  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • University College London
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Cancer Research UK
  • University of Hamburg
  • Imperial College London
  • Roehampton University

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Abstract

T cells differentiated more efficiently to Th1, whereas Th2 differentiation was inhibited. Ifitm-family-deficient mice, but not Ifitm3-deficient mice, were less susceptible than WT to induction of allergic airways disease, with a weaker Th2 response and less severe disease and lower Il4 but higher Ifng expression and IL-27 secretion. Thus, the Ifitm family is important in adaptive immunity, influencing Th1/Th2 polarization, and Th2 immunopathology.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)66-78
JournalEuropean Journal of Immunology
Volume49
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • IFITM proteins
  • T helper cell

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