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Nature Immunology 9, 124 - 126 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0208-124

IL-17 drives germinal center B cells?

David Tarlinton1

  1. David Tarlinton is in the Immunology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Australia. e-mail: tarlinton@wehi.edu.au


The inflammatory cytokine interleukin 17, normally considered a T cell–associated factor, is now reported to be the central participant driving the development of germinal center–derived autoantibodies in a model disease setting.

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