At last, a link between autoimmunity and environmental toxins

[Guest guest]

I've been commenting on the potential importance of Th17 cells in

autoimmunity for close to a year now. Here's the latest on Th17

cells, and how they provde a missing link between autoimmunity and

environmental toxins:

Veldhoen M, Hirota K, Westendorf AM, Buer J, Dumoutier L, Renauld JC,

Stockinger B (2008) The aryl hydrocarbon receptor links T(H)17-cell-

mediated autoimmunity to environmental toxins. Nature Mar 23 [Epub

ahead of print].

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18362914

Quintana FJ, Basso AS, Iglesias AH, Korn T, Farez MF, Bettelli E,

Caccamo M, Oukka M, Weiner HL (2008) Control of T(reg) and T(H)17

cell differentiation by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Nature Mar 23

[Epub ahead of print].

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18362915

I think Andi will be most interested in this.

Dave

(father of (22); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)