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T Helper (Th) Cells
Mature Th cells express the
surface protein CD4
Important
in the immune system
particularly in the adaptive
immune system.
CD4+ T cells
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Orchestrate full panoply of immune responses
• Help B cells make antibodies
• Induce macrophages to develop enhanced
microbicidal activity
• Recruit neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils
to sites of infection and inflammation
• Product cytokines and chemokines
CD4+ T cells
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Naïve CD4+ T cells activation
Thymus
Naïve CD4+ T cells
APC
TRC
MHC II
CD4
CD28
CD80
antigen
T cell
APC
Activated CD4+ T cells
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Th1 cells function
GM-CSF
Cell mediated inflammation and delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions
IFN-γ
TNF
Lymphotoxin
IFN-γ
• Increase the expression of TLR by innate immune cells
• Promote Ig G class switching
• Increase MHC-I and MHC-II antigen presentation
• Induce chemokine secretion, macrophage activation and
increased phagocytosis
• Autoimmune diseases
IL-2
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Th2 cells function
Host defense against parasites, allergies and atopic illnesses
IL-4
• Important survival factor for lymphocytes
• Anti-inflammatory response in autoimmune diseases
IL-31
IL-4
IL-5IL-6
IL-10 IL-13
IL-5
• Stimulate antibody production
• Enhances eosinophils maturation
IL-13
• Inhibit inflammation and Th1-mediated pathology
• B cell co-stimulator
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T17 cells function
Host defense against extracellular bacteria and fungi infections
CCL20
IL-17
IL-21
IL-22
IL-24
IL-26
TNF
IL-17: promote pathology and enhance inflammation and tissue damage
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Th9 cells function
TGF-β
Immunity to extracellular parasites
IL-9
IL-10
CCL17
CCL22
IL-9:
• Promote survival and enhance suppressive function of Tregs
• Recruit and accumulate mast cells in certain autoimmune diseases
TGF-β
Th2
Th9
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Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells function
T-cell help for B cells
IL-21
IFN-γ
IL-4
IL-17A
IL-17F
CXCR5
CXCR5
CXCR5
Help to B cells for the
generation of germinal centers
and long-term protective
humoral responses
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Tregs function
Regulation of immune responses and immune tolerance
Natural Tregs
(nTregs)
Induced Tregs
(iTregs)
Suppress or downregulate induction and proliferation of effector T cells
TGF-β
IL-10
IL-35
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CD4+ T Cells Differentiation│
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