New research has demonstrated that a high-salt diet may increase the differentiation of follicular helper T cells (Tfh). A high-salt diet also increased lupus features in MRL/lpr mice, suggesting that the genes that increased expression in response to salt intake were similar to the genes that had increased expression in lupus CD4+ T cells…
Salt as a Promoter of Th17 Cells and Autoimmune Disease
New research on Th17 suggests that a high salt diet may be a risk factor for inflammation.