Melatonin Lulling Th17 Cells to Sleep
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In this issue, Farez et al. report that the circadian hormone melatonin, whose levels vary with seasonal changes in night length, shifts the immune response toward an anti-inflammatory state that may explain the seasonal variability of multiple sclerosis disease activity.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 162 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015