IL-17A is implicated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis; however, the contribution of IL-17F remains to be clarified. Using microarrays and gene-specific expression assays, we compared the regulatory effects of IL-17A and IL-17F alone or in combination with TNF-alpha on RA synoviocytes. IL-17A and IL-17F expression was studied in osteoarthritis and RA synovium by immunohistochemistry. Th...

The development of methods to detect cytokine expression by T cell subsets in ruminants is fundamental to strategic development of new livestock vaccines for prevention of infectious diseases. It has been possible to detect T cell expression of IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10 in ruminants for many years but methods to detect expression of IL-17A are relatively limited. To address this gap in capability w...

Recent studies have shown that IL-17 can contribute beneficially to pathogen defense but also that excessive IL-17 levels are associated with chronic inflammation and autoimmune disorders. To date, the role of IL-17 in viral infections and type 1 diabetes is ambiguous. In this study, we used IL-17A enhanced green fluorescent protein bicistronic reporter mouse strains to analyze in situ producti...

Background: Progesterone as a sex steroid hormone is thought to affect and prevent demyelination, but its role in promoting myelin repair is far less investigated. In this study, remyelinating potential of progesterone in corpus callosum was evaluated on an experimental model of MS.Methods: In this experimental study, adult male C57BL/6 mice were fed with 0.2% (w/w) cuprizone in ground breeder ...

BACKGROUND Platelet aggregation mediated by inflammation played a critical role in the development of coronary heart diseases (CHD). Our previous clinical researches showed that Th17 cells and their characteristic cytokine IL-17A were associated with the plaque destabilization in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the potent effect of IL-17A on platelets-induced atherothrombo...

BACKGROUND Lymphocytes secrete IL-17A and IL-17F, which enhance innate immune responses. IL-17 expression has not been studied in COPD small airways. The aim of this study was to quantify IL-17A and IL-17F expression in the peripheral lung tissue of patients with COPD compared with control subjects and to identify inflammatory cells that express IL-17. METHODS IL-17 expression was assessed us...

background: the role of estrogen and progesterone in stroke is suggested in previous studies, but yet is controversial. objectives: comparing the plasma levels of estrogen and progesterone and their ratio in ischemic stroke patients and healthy population. materials and methods: this cross-sectional comparative study was conducted from march to september of 2013. sixty-six female patients older...

OBJECTIVE A consistent body of research has confirmed that patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have increased concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, the soluble IL-2 receptor, and C-reactive protein, compared to controls; however, there is limited information on IL-17A in MDD. Moreover, information about IL-17A in older populations, i.e., patients ...

Interleukin-17 (IL-17A) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that has recently been implicated in pathogenesis of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), a potentially fatal disease characterized by lesions including CD207+ (langerin +) histiocytes. However, in this study we were unable to identify IL-17A gene expression in Langerhans cell lesions, and plasma levels of IL-17A did not correlate with dise...

In the present study, we dissected the pathways that trigger the IL-17A responses by MTB. Dectin-1 and TLR4 were shown to be involved in MTB-induced IL-17A production, and blockade of the NOD2, TLR2, or MR had no effect on IL-17A. The MAPK Erk, known to mediate transcription of IL-1beta mRNA, was strongly involved in the IL-17A production induced by MTB. The intracellular enzymes caspase-1 and ...