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2011 – Th17 cells: new players in asthma pathogenesis

The numbers of specific T cell lymphocytes have had an important addition – the Th17 regulator. Th17 not only helps to balance the immune system but can also act to help clear up fungi and bacterial infection through the activation of neutrophils. In asthma neutrophil activity is not considered ‘allergy’, but can exist along side allergic asthma.

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‘Th 17 cells: new players in asthma pathogenesis’, Cosmi L, Liotta F, Maggi E, Romagnani S, Annunziato, Allergy, 2011: John Wiley and Sons A/S DOI: 10.111/j.1398-9995.2011.02576.x.