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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

A Decade of Th9 Cells: Role of Th9 Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Shachi Pranjal Vyas, Ritobrata Goswami

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shachi Pranjal VyasSchool of Bioscience, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
Ritobrata GoswamiSchool of Bioscience, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T helper cell subsets play a critical role in providing protection against offending pathogens by secreting specific cytokines. However, unrestrained T helper cell responses can promote chronic inflammation-mediated inflammatory diseases. Dysregulated T helper cell responses have been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple inflammatory diseases, including allergic airway inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among others. Aberrant pro-inflammatory responses induced by Th1, Th2, and Th17 subsets are known to trigger IBD. IBD is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by weight loss, diarrhea, pain, fever, and rectal bleeding. It poses a major health burden worldwide owing to the increased risk of colorectal cancer development. Despite numerous therapeutic advancements, IBD still remains a major health burden due to the inefficiency of the conventional therapies. Recently, IL-9-secreting Th9 cells are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of IBD. However, the role of Th9 cells and their secretory cytokine IL-9 in IBD is unclear. The functional relevance of Th9 cells is also relatively understudied in IBD. Thus, investigating the actual role of various T helper cell subsets including Th9 cells in IBD is essential to develop novel therapies to treat IBD. Here, we highlight the role of Th9 cells in promoting IBD. We discuss the mechanisms that might be employed by Th9 cells and IL-9 in promoting IBD and thereby propose potential targets for the treatment of Th9 cell-mediated IBD.

Indexed as

BiomarkersCytokinesHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesInterleukin-9Intestinal MucosaModels, BiologicalSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerT-Lymphocyte SubsetsBiomarkersCytokinesInterleukin-9claudincytokinesIL-9inflammatory bowel diseaseoccludinTh9 cellsT helper cellsulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID29881387
PMCPMC5976801
OpenAlexW2802288876

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