Stability and commitment in T helper cell development.
Specialized effector activities that are required to eliminate various pathogens involve cytokines produced by specialized CD4(+) T cells subsets, dogmatically termed Th1 and Th2 cells. Despite some oversimplifications, this paradigm is useful for organizing the complex pathways that control forward and backward movements along the road of T cell differentiation. Effective immune memory relies, in part, on the maintenance of the T helper phenotype. This review will address basic issues that relate to the maintenance or reversibility of Th1/Th2 states within the CD4(+) T cell lineage.
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Department of Pathology and Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8118, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006801:Humans; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; C494101:STAT6 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D018664:Interleukin-12; D015847:Interleukin-4