Value added: neural progenitor cells suppress inflammation and autoimmunity

Immunity. 2011 Aug 26;35(2):156-7. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.08.005.

Abstract

Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) can repair damaged myelin in neurodegenerative diseases. In this issue of Immunity, Cao et al. (2011) report that NPCs also produce the cytokine LIF, which suppresses Th17 cell-driven inflammation and autoimmunity by upregulating the protein Socs3.

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