title: T-cell subsets: recruiting the right kind of help.
abstract: The qualitative features of immune responses are influenced by the polarization of helper T cells towards two distinct phenotypes, Th1 and Th2. Recent evidence suggests that these helper cell subsets may be differentially recruited to the sites of different types of inflammatory reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02160, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lichtman
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Abbas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology; D018448:Models, Immunological; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018925:Chemokines