PMID- 22678895 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120813 LR - 20120608 IS - 1521-4141 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2980 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 6 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Naturally occurring CD1c+ human regulatory dendritic cells: immunoregulators that are expanded in response to E. coli infection. PG - 1388-92 LID - 10.1002/eji.201242632 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play key roles in initiating and regulating immunity by sensing and integrating signals from a wide range of pathogens and dangers. Although much knowledge has been gained about the origins, phenotypes, and functions of mouse DC subsets, the challenge now is to translate this knowledge to the human immune system and reveal relevant biological significance in human health and disease. Considerably less is known about the phenotype and function of human DC subsets due to their rarity, the lack of distinctive markers, and limited access to human tissues. Initial studies of DCs in human blood revealed that steady-state myeloid DCs are comprised of the CD141(+) and CD1c(+) DC subsets as the equivalents to the mouse lymphoid resident CD8(+) and CD8(-) DC subsets, respectively. A new report in this issue of the European Journal of Immunology [Eur. J. Immunol. 2012. 42: 1512-1522] shows that human CD1c(+) myeloid DCs secrete IL-10 and display an immunoregulatory phenotype and function in response to Escherichia coli (E. coli). This finding adds a new element to the current understanding of human CD1c(+) DCs and reveals marked differences in human DC subsets during inflammation and microbial infection, as discussed in this Commentary. CI - (c) 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Qian, Cheng AU - Qian C AD - National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology & Institute of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. crystalqiancheng@yahoo.com.cn FAU - Cao, Xuetao AU - Cao X LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Eur J Immunol JT - European journal of immunology JID - 1273201 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD1) RN - 0 (CD1C protein, human) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha Chains) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - 0 (alpha E integrins) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/analysis MH - Antigens, CD1/*analysis MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Escherichia coli Infections/*immunology MH - Glycoproteins/*analysis MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha Chains/analysis MH - Interleukin-10/physiology MH - Mice MH - Toll-Like Receptors/physiology EDAT- 2012/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/14 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/09 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/eji.201242632 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Immunol. 2012 Jun;42(6):1388-92. doi: 10.1002/eji.201242632.