Nine lives for T(H)9s?

作者：Zou Weiping^*; Restifo Nicholas P

来源：Nature Medicine, 2012, 18(8): 1177-1178.

DOI：10.1038/nm.2868

There is currently much interest in dissecting the mechanisms of tumor immunity. A new study shows that a subset of CD4(+) T cells that produce the cytokine interleukin-9 (IL-9) mediate inhibition of melanoma growth in mice and that analogous IL-9-producing T cells are present in human skin (pages 1248-1253). Could such cells be manipulated to develop new therapeutic strategies for melanoma?

• 出版日期2012-8