PMID- 21988460 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120612 LR - 20120214 IS - 1365-3083 (Electronic) IS - 0300-9475 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Mar TI - Selective increase in blood dendritic cell antigen-3-positive dendritic cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in allergic patients. PG - 305-13 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02649.x [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are specific antigen-presenting cells that play critical roles in the initiation and polarization of immune responses. DCs residing in the lungs might be detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). We analysed DC compartment in the peripheral blood and BALF of patients with allergy and in controls. Plasmacytoid and four distinct subsets of myeloid DCs [characterized by the expression of blood dendritic cell antigen (BDCA)-1+ and -3+ and CD16 positivity or negativity] were detected in both tested compartments. We further evaluated the expression of C-type lectins [mannose receptor (MR), dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) and dendritic and epithelial cells (DEC)-205] relevant to the pathogenesis of asthma. Interestingly, we found a selective increase in the frequency of myeloid DC-expressing BDCA-3 and MR particularly in BALF from allergic patients. Specific and highly statistically significant increase in BDCA-3+ and/or MR+ DCs brings a novel characteristic to BAL analysis in allergic patients. CI - (c) 2011 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology (c) 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. FAU - Kayserova, J AU - Kayserova J AD - Department of Immunology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Zentsova-Jaresova, I AU - Zentsova-Jaresova I FAU - Budinsky, V AU - Budinsky V FAU - Rozkova, D AU - Rozkova D FAU - Kopecka, J AU - Kopecka J FAU - Vernerova, E AU - Vernerova E FAU - Pohunek, P AU - Pohunek P FAU - Skalicka, V AU - Skalicka V FAU - Spisek, R AU - Spisek R FAU - Sediva, A AU - Sediva A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Scand J Immunol JT - Scandinavian journal of immunology JID - 0323767 RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (DC-specific ICAM-3 grabbing nonintegrin) RN - 0 (FCGR3B protein, human) RN - 0 (GPI-Linked Proteins) RN - 0 (Lectins, C-Type) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Asthma/blood/*immunology MH - Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/cytology/*immunology MH - Cell Adhesion Molecules/blood/*immunology MH - Child MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - GPI-Linked Proteins/blood/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunophenotyping/methods MH - Lectins, C-Type/blood/*immunology MH - Lung/cytology/immunology MH - Male MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/blood/*immunology MH - Receptors, IgG/blood/immunology MH - Statistics, Nonparametric EDAT- 2011/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/13 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/13 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02649.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Scand J Immunol. 2012 Mar;75(3):305-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02649.x.