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NKT cells and CD8+ T cells are dispensable for T cell dependent allergic airway inflammation

External protocol Created on 03 May 2014

Authors

Jyoti Das, Paul Eynott, Luc Van Kaer, Yufang Shi, and Gobardhan Das

Summary

Allergic airway inflammation (AAI) features airway and peribronchial accumulation of eosinophils and lymphocytes, which infiltrate in response to the cytokines IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13. While type 2 helper T (Th2) cells are clearly important for the development of AAI, it has been reported that natural killer T (NKT) cells and activated memory CD8+ T cells play essential effector roles in AAI. These results call into question the current paradigm that CD4+ helper T cells are the main players in allergic asthma.

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