Interleukin-27 Gene Therapy Prevents the Development of Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis but Fails to Attenuate Established Inflammation due to the Expansion of CD11b+Gr-1+ Myeloid Cells

Interleukin-27 (IL-27) and its subunit P28 (also known as IL-30) have been shown to inhibit autoimmunity and have been suggested as potential immunotherapeutic for autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the potential of IL-27 and IL-30 as immunotherapeutic, and their mechanism...

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Main Authors: Jianmin Zhu, Jin-Qing Liu, Zhihao Liu, Lisha Wu, Min Shi, Jianchao Zhang, Jonathan P. Davis, Xue-Feng Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00873/full