PMID- 21167752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110509 LR - 20211020 IS - 1097-4180 (Electronic) IS - 1074-7613 (Print) IS - 1074-7613 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Dec 14 TI - Dendritic cells in lupus are not required for activation of T and B cells but promote their expansion, resulting in tissue damage. PG - 967-78 LID - 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.11.025 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) initiate and control the adaptive immune response against infections. However, their contributions to the anti-self adaptive immune response in autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus are uncertain. By constitutively deleting DCs in MRL.Fas(lpr) mice, we show that they have complex roles in murine lupus. The net effect of DC deletion was to ameliorate disease. DCs were crucial for the expansion and differentiation of T cells but, surprisingly, not required for their initial activation. Correspondingly, kidney interstitial infiltrates developed in the absence of DCs, but failed to progress. DC deletion concomitantly decreased inflammatory and regulatory T cell numbers. Unexpectedly, plasmablast numbers and autoantibody concentrations depended on DCs, in contrast to total serum immunoglobulin concentrations, suggesting an effect of DCs on extrafollicular humoral responses. These findings reveal that DCs operate in unanticipated ways in murine lupus and validate them as a potential therapeutic target in autoimmunity. FAU - Teichmann, Lino L AU - Teichmann LL AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. FAU - Ols, Michelle L AU - Ols ML FAU - Kashgarian, Michael AU - Kashgarian M FAU - Reizis, Boris AU - Reizis B FAU - Kaplan, Daniel H AU - Kaplan DH FAU - Shlomchik, Mark J AU - Shlomchik MJ LA - eng GR - R01 AR044077/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-AR044077/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR044077-12/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR044077-11/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR056632-02/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR044077-13/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR044077-10/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR056632/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR044077-14/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Immunity JT - Immunity JID - 9432918 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM CIN - Immunity. 2010 Dec 14;33(6):840-2. PMID: 21168776 MH - Animals MH - Autoantibodies/biosynthesis/genetics MH - B-Lymphocytes/immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Blood Component Removal MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Movement MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin Class Switching MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Inbred MRL lpr MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology/*metabolism/pathology PMC - PMC3010763 MID - NIHMS256686 EDAT- 2010/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/10 06:00 PMCR- 2011/12/14 CRDT- 2010/12/21 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/09/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/10/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/12/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/12/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1074-7613(10)00455-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.11.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunity. 2010 Dec 14;33(6):967-78. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.11.025.