Thymic stromal lymphopoietin, a four helix–bundle cytokine, is expressed mainly by barrier epithelial cells and is a potent activator of several cell types, particularly myeloid dendritic cells. TSLP influences the outcome of interactions between dendritic cells and CD4+ thymocytes and T cells in many situations, such as the regulation of the positive selection of regulatory T cells, maintenance of peripheral CD4+ T cell homeostasis and induction of CD4+ T cell–mediated allergic inflammation.
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We thank D.J. Campbell, V. Soumelis, T. Ito, Y.H. Wang, N. Watanabe, S. Hanabashi and W. Cao for reviewing the manuscript. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (AI44259 and AI068731 to S.F.Z., and AI06645-01 to Y.-J.L.), the MD Anderson Cancer Research Foundation (Y.-J.L) and the Sandler Foundation (Y.-J.L.).
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Ziegler, S., Liu, YJ. Thymic stromal lymphopoietin in normal and pathogenic T cell development and function. Nat Immunol 7, 709–714 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1360
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