Lung-infiltrating T helper 17 cells as the major source of interleukin-17A production during pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection.
Elaheh MovahedYi Ying CheokGrace Min Yi TanChalystha Yie Qin LeeHeng Choon CheongRukumani Devi VelayuthanSun Tee TayPei Pei ChongWon Fen WongChung Yeng LooiPublished in: BMC immunology (2018)
Therefore, our data suggest that IL-17A is released predominantly from TH17 cells in vivo, which plays a supporting role in the protective immunity against C. neoformans infection.