PMID: 9530557Apr 8, 1998Paper

The TH1/TH2 paradigm in allergy

Immunotechnology : an International Journal of Immunological Engineering
E Maggi

Abstract

Recent evidence has been accumulated to suggest that allergen-reactive type 2 helper T cells (Th2) play a triggering role in the activation and/or recruitment of IgE antibody-producing B cells, mast cells and eosinophils, i.e. the cellular triad involved in the allergic inflammation. Interleukin (IL)-4 production by a still unknown cell type (T cell subset, mast cell/basophil?) at the time of antigen presentation to the Th cell is critical for the development of Th2 cells. Other cytokines, such as IL-1 and IL-10, and hormones, such as calcitriol and progesterone, also play a favoring role. In contrast, cytokines such as interferon (IFN-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-12 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, and hormones, play a negative regulatory role on the development of Th2 cells. However, the mechanisms underlying the preferential activation by environmental allergens of Th2 cells in atopic individuals still remain obscure. Some gene products selectively expressed in Th2 cells or selectively controlling the expression of IL-4 have recently been described. Moreover, cytokines and other gene products that dampen the production of IL-4, as well as the development and/or the function of Th2 cells, have been identified. These finding...Continue Reading

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