PMID- 11714792 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020102 LR - 20190515 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 167 IP - 11 DP - 2001 Dec 1 TI - Kinetics of antigen-induced phenotypic and functional maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. PG - 6286-91 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), a critical component of innate immunity, are the most potent APCs. When DCs mature, they can elicit strong T cell responses. We studied the kinetics of Ag-induced phenotypic and functional maturation of human monocyte-derived DCs using an in vitro T cell-independent culture system. With this model, we herein show that an Ag that has recently or repetitively been exposed ("exposed Ag") rapidly induces a high level of maturation; however, an Ag that has never or only remotely been exposed ("unexposed Ag") slowly induces a low level of maturation. The kinetics of Ag-induced maturation of DCs possibly implies a novel mechanism for immunological memory that would provide maximal host protection from repetitively invading pathogens in the environment. FAU - Hsieh, S M AU - Hsieh SM AD - Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. hsmaids@hotmail.com FAU - Pan, S C AU - Pan SC FAU - Hung, C C AU - Hung CC FAU - Tsai, H C AU - Tsai HC FAU - Chen, M Y AU - Chen MY FAU - Lee, C N AU - Lee CN FAU - Chang, S C AU - Chang SC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, T-Independent) RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (B7-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (CD40 Antigens) RN - 0 (CD86 protein, human) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Antigens, T-Independent/*physiology MH - Antigens, Viral/physiology MH - B7-1 Antigen/analysis/biosynthesis MH - B7-2 Antigen MH - Biomarkers/analysis MH - CD40 Antigens/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Cell Cycle/*immunology MH - Cell Differentiation/immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytomegalovirus/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/*immunology/metabolism MH - HLA-DR Antigens/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Humans MH - *Immunophenotyping MH - *Lymphocyte Activation MH - Lymphocyte Depletion MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Models, Immunological MH - Monocytes/*cytology/*immunology/metabolism MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2001/11/21 10:00 MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/11/21 10:00 PHST- 2001/11/21 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/11/21 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.167.11.6286 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2001 Dec 1;167(11):6286-91. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.11.6286.