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SUBMITTER: Pope RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091854 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pope Richard M RM Shahrara Shiva S
Nature reviews. Rheumatology 20121023 4
The IL-12 family members, IL-12, IL-23, IL-27 and IL-35, are heterodimeric cytokines that share subunits and have important roles in autoimmunity. As well as their structural relationship the IL-12 family cytokines share some biological characteristics but have functional differences. These cytokines contribute to immune-mediated inflammation and our improved knowledge of their actions has led to alteration of the T(H)1-T(H)2 paradigm. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), leukocyte migration, bone eros ...[more]