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IL-21 and autoimmune disease - hypothesis and reality?

Holmdahl, Rikard LU (2008) In European Journal of Immunology 38(7). p.1800-1802
Abstract
Previous data have indicated that IL-21 and/or IL-21R are crucial for the differentiation of naïve T cells into Th17 cells and also play a key role in the development of autoimmune disease. Given this, IL-21 and/or IL-21R are potential targets for therapy of such diseases; however, a study in this issue of the European Journal of Immunology, provides a new twist in the story as it is now shown that IL-21 and/or IL-21R play no role in Th17 development or autoimmune inflammatory disease. The reasons for these contradictory data are discussed in this Commentary.See accompanying article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.200838511.
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European Journal of Immunology
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1800 - 1802
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1521-4141
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10.1002/eji.200838529
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  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Immunology}},
  title        = {{IL-21 and autoimmune disease - hypothesis and reality?}},
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  doi          = {{10.1002/eji.200838529}},
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