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Rajamanickam Anuradha1, Saravanan Munisankar1, Chandrakumar Dolla2, Paul Kumaran2, Thomas B Nutman3, Subash Babu1.
Abstract
Interleukin 19 (IL-19) and interleukin 24 (IL-24) are cytokines that are highly expressed in filarial infections. To study the role of IL-19 and IL-24 in regulating T-cell responses, we examined the frequency of T-helper type 1 (Th1)/Tc1, Th2/Tc2, Th9/Tc9, Th17/Tc17, Th22/Tc22, and Tr1 cells in 26 filariae-infected individuals stimulated with filarial antigen following IL-19 or IL-24 neutralization. IL-19 or IL-24 neutralization resulted in significantly enhanced frequencies of Th1/Tc1 and/or Th17/Tc17 cells and significantly reduced frequencies of Th2/Tc2, Tr1, and/or Th9/Tc9 cells. Thus, we demonstrate that IL-19 and IL-24 are associated with the modulation of T-cell responses in filarial infections.Entities:
Keywords: IL-10; IL-19; IL-24; T cells; cytokines; filarial infections
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26486636 PMCID: PMC4747619 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv497
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226