Th 17 Cells: Role in Inflammation and Autoimmune Disease

1. Introduction
Franco Padova, Bernhard Ryffel, Valérie Quesniaux

2. IL-22 and IL-17: Common and different properties
Robert Sabat, Katrin Witte, Kerstin Wolk

3. Other sources of IL-17: Invariant natural killer T cells
Marie-Laure Miche, Maria C. Leite-de-Moraes

4. Contributions of IL-22 to Th17 responses: Repairing and protecting peripheral tissues
Jean-Christophe Renauld, Laure Dumoutier

5. Retinoic acid in mucosal immune-regulation
Daniel Mucida, Hilde Cheroutre

6. IL-25, another promoter of allergy
Pornpimon Angkasekwinai, Chen Dong

7. Critical role of IL-17 in experimental arthritis
Marije I. Koenders, Wim B. Berg

8. Dual role of IL-17 in allergic asthma
Bruno Schnyder, Silvia Schnyder-Candrian

9. Contribution of IL-17 to the pulmonary inflammatory response
Isabelle Couillin, Pamela Gasse, Francois Huaux, Silvia Schnyder-Candrian, Bruno Schnyder, François Erard, René Moser, Bernhard Ryffel

10. The role of IL-17 in experimental autoimmune myocarditis
Alan Valaperti, Urs Eriksson

11. Th17 cells in organ transplantation
Ye Chen, Kathryn J. Wood

12. Is IL-17 required to control tuberculosis?
Andrea M. Cooper

13. IL-17 and mucosal host defense
Shabaana A. Khader, Jay K. Kolls

14. IL-23 orchestrates the switch from tumor immune surveillance to tumor-promoting inflammation
Martin Oft

15. IL-17 and Th17 cells in rheumatoid arthritis
Pierre Miossec

16. Targeting Th17 cells in CNS immune pathology
Aaron J. Martin, Stephen D. Miller

17. IL-17 cytokines in asthma
Anders Lindén

18. IL-17/23, potential targets for Crohn’s disease
Isabelle Wolowczuk, Matthieu Allez, Mathias Chamaillard

19. IL-17A and Th17 cells as therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases
Franco Padova

Keywords: Biomedicine, Immunology, Cell Biology, Rheumatology, Allergology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology/Toxicology