MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of CD4+ T cell differentiation, but how they contribute to the course of an autoimmune disease in vivo remains poorly studied. Given the known roles in autoimmunity of pro-inflammatory T helper 1 (Th)1 and Th17 cells, and anti-inflammatory Foxp3+ regulatory cells, we established a triple reporter mouse for Ifng, Il17 and Foxp3, and subjected it to experimental autoimmune en...
Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. They have been implicated in the regulation of the differentiation and function of CD4+ T cell subsets, key players in host defense against pathogens, but also responsible for immune-mediated diseases depending on the correct vs incorrect balance, respectively, between pro-infla...
Autoimmune diseases are often associated with an imbalance between CD4+ T cell subsets, namely pro-inflammatory effector cells, including T helper 1 (Th)1 and Th17 cells (IFN-γ- and IL-17-producers, respectively), and anti-inflammatory Foxp3+ regulatory cells (Treg). The differentiation of these distinct CD4+ T cell subsets is known to be regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs that fine-tune gen...
CD4+ T cells are key players in host defense against pathogens, but an incorrect balance between CD4+ T cell subsets, namely pro-inflammatory effector cells, including T helper 1 (Th)1 and Th17 cells (IFN-γ- and IL-17-producers, respectively), and anti-inflammatory regulatory cells (Treg; Foxp3+ subset), can lead to immune-mediated diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate ...
CD4+ T cells are key players in host defense against pathogens, but an incorrect balance between CD4+ T cell subsets, namely pro-inflammatory effector cells, including T helper 1 (Th)1 and Th17 cells (IFN-γ- and IL-17-producers, respectively), and anti-inflammatory regulatory cells (Treg; Foxp3+ subset), can lead to immune-mediated diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate ...
γδ T cells have emerged as key providers of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 17 (IL-17) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) in various models of infection, inflammation, and autoimmunity. Our previous epigenetic and transcriptional analyses have shown that whereas CD27+ γδ T cells are committed to IFN-γ expression, the IL-17 producing CD27- subset has limited plasticity to co-express both cytokines under inflamma...
γδ T cells are major providers of proinflammatory cytokines. They are preprogrammed in the mouse thymus into distinct subsets producing either interleukin-17 (IL-17) or interferon-γ (IFN-γ), which segregate with CD27 expression. In the periphery, CD27- γδ (γδ27-) T cells can be induced under inflammatory conditions to coexpress IL-17 and IFN-γ; the molecular basis of this functional plasticity remains to be det...