| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5896986 | Cytokine | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is an immune mediated bone marrow failure syndrome which is associated with impaired T-cell immune responses. In this work we investigated the role of Th17 immune response in AA. Our results showed that the absolute numbers of circulating IL-17-producing CD4+ T cells and CD4+CD161+CCR6+ cells, the blood plasma level of IL-17, and the expression level of Th17 lineage-specifying transcription factor RORC in circulating CD4+ T cells, were not increased in AA. These results suggest that Th17 immune response may not play an important role in the pathogenesis of AA.
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Authors
Jizhou Zhang, Qingqing Wu, Jianfeng Yao, Neng Nie, Meili Ge, Jun Shi, Yizhou Zheng,