An increased expression profile of Th9/IL-9 correlated with Th17/IL-17 in patients with immune thrombocytopenia

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease, characterized by dysregulation of cellular immunity. Th9 cells were recently identified as a new subtype of Th cells, characterized by preferential production of IL-9. Given the pleiotropic function of IL-9, Th9 cells are demonstra...

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Main Authors: Jianlin Qiao, Xiaoqian Li, Yulu Wu, Xiaoqing Wu, Feng Zhu, Na Liu, Kunming Qi, Hai Cheng, Depeng Li, Haiying Sun, Lingyu Zeng, Kailin Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-04-01
Series:Platelets
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2016.1218454