Mucocutaneous IL-17 immunity in mice and humans: Host defense vs. excessive inflammation

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 581-589

  Li, J ^a   Casanova, J L ^a,b,c,d,e   Puel, A ^a,b,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRODALUMAB; CNTO 6785; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GUSELKUMAB; HALOFUGINONE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; IXEKIZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RISANKIZUMAB; SECUKINUMAB; TILDRAKIZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IL17A PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL17A PROTEIN, MOUSE; IL17F PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG TARGETING; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LUNG MUCOSA; MOUSE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA MUCOSA; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 85047986823     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.97     Document Type: Review

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