In short, manipulation of cytokine pathways shows promise as a mean to tilt the balance of immunity toward tolerance. Effective and regulatory T cells vary in their response to a variety of cytokines. In particular, the ability of certain cytokines, for example, IL-2, to provide vital survival signals to regulatory cells and to trigger death of effector T cells or impede IL-15 driven expansion of memory cells has spurred several trials. The ability of IFNgamma, IL-4, TNFalpha, and lymphotoxin to exert selective effects upon crucial lymphocyte subset populations in vivo may also enable translation into potent therapies.
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West China Center of Excellence for Pancreatitis, Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Sichuan University West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China. Electronic address:
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School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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Research Unit of Environmental Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China.
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