Re: Herpesviruses secrete phony IL-10; might cause autoimmune risk

"Kofi" <kofi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> IL-10 is a cytokine vital to the functioning of regulatory T-cells
> (Tregs).  When I found out I had a raging CMV infection<1>, I ran a
> literature search cross-referencing members of the herpesvirus family
> with vitamin D3 to see if I could explain why oral supplementation with
> D3 is much less effective for me than UV exposure.  Well, it turns out
> my hunch might be right.  CMV interferes with at least one pathway
> downstream of vitamin D3 - namely, IL-10.  There's precious little on it
> in the literature, though.
>
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Have you found this yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin