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SUBMITTER: Sun J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3079402 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Jie J Dodd Haley H Moser Emily K EK Sharma Rahul R Braciale Thomas J TJ
Nature immunology 20110206 4
Interleukin (IL)-10 is an important regulatory cytokine that can modulate excessive immune mediated injury. Several distinct cell types have been demonstrated to produce IL-10, including most recently CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) responding to respiratory virus infection. Here we report that CD4+ T cell help in the form of IL-2 is required for IL-10 production by CTLs, but not for the induction of CTL effector cytokines. We show that IL-2 derived from CD4+ helper T cells cooperates with i ...[more]