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Th17 cells are proinflammatory cells associated with many immune-mediated diseases. Major factors limiting the study of human Th17 cells are the lack of an accepted method for their in vitro differentiation or for isolation of a homogenous population of Th17 cells that do not cosecrete IFN-gamma. To overcome these hurdles, we established a novel method to isolate in vivo differentiated Th17 cells from peripheral blood by sorting CD161(+)CCR4(+)CCR6(+)CXCR3(-)CD4(+) T cells. The resulting cells produce high levels of IL-17 but not IFN-gamma, express high levels of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor variant 2, and maintain this phenotype upon expansion. Ex vivo Th17 cells exhibit a low cytotoxic potential and are hyporesponsive to polyclonal anti-CD3/anti-CD28 stimulation. Importantly, ex vivo Th17 cells were susceptible to suppression by both naive and memory regulatory T cells (Tregs), which inhibited production of IL-17, IL-22, and CXCL8. Moreover, Tregs suppressed the antifibrotic effects of Th17 cells in a wound-healing model. These findings provide new tools for the study of normal and pathological functions of bona fide Th17 cells in humans. They also provide new insight into the cross-talk between Th17 cells and immune and nonimmune cells, and they establish the paradigm that adoptive Treg-based therapies may effectively limit Th17-mediated inflammation.

Inflammatory Effects of Ex Vivo Human Th17 Cells Are Suppressed by Regulatory T Cells