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. 2021 Sep 3;8:654912. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.654912

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Summarized effects of the Th17/IL-17 axis on intrinsic renal cells (black arrows), as found in several kidney disease models, and on immune cells (red arrows) potentially implicated in the induction of kidney damage in lupus nephritis. DC, dendritic cells; EMT, epithelial-mesenchymal transition; IL-1, Interleukin-1; IL-17, Interleukin-17; IL-6, Interleukin-6; Mo/mΦ, Monocytes/macrophages; PC, Plasma Cells; Tfh, follicular helper T cells; Th17, T helper lymphocytes, subtype 17; Treg, Regulatory T Cell.