title: Value added: neural progenitor cells suppress inflammation and autoimmunity.
abstract: Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) can repair damaged myelin in neurodegenerative diseases. In this issue of Immunity, Cao et al. (2011) report that NPCs also produce the cytokine LIF, which suppresses Th17 cell-driven inflammation and autoimmunity by upregulating the protein Socs3.
authors.affiliation: Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Awasthi
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kuchroo