Parasite-antigen driven expansion of IL-5(-) and IL-5(+) Th2 human subpopulations in lymphatic filariasis and their differential dependence on IL-10 and TGFβ.

• Main Authors: Rajamanickam Anuradha (Author), Parakkal Jovvian George (Author), Luke E Hanna (Author), Vedachalam Chandrasekaran (Author), P Paul Kumaran (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Subash Babu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Two different Th2 subsets have been defined recently on the basis of IL-5 expression - an IL-5(+)Th2 subset and an IL-5(-)Th2 subset in the setting of allergy. However, the role of these newly described CD4(+) T cells subpopulations has not been explored in other conte...