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Nature 458, 44-45 (5 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/458044a; Published online 4 March 2009
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Immunology: Cause of death matters
Brigitta Stockinger1
Abstract
The process of programmed cell death can either induce anti-inflammatory immune responses or actively promote inflammation. Whether the dying cell is infected seems to govern which response is triggered.
To deal with invading pathogens efficiently, helper T cells of the adaptive immune system differentiate to form distinct subsets of cells with specific immune functions. Much work has been done on two such subsets, T helper type 1 and type 2 cells (TH1 and TH2 cells).
- Brigitta Stockinger is in the Division of Molecular Immunology, MRC Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
Email: bstocki@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
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