PMID- 23756160 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140324 LR - 20171116 IS - 1879-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0198-8859 (Linking) VI - 74 IP - 9 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Defective expression and function of the ILT2/CD85j regulatory receptor in dendritic cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. PG - 1088-96 LID - S0198-8859(13)00147-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.05.006 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in inducing immune tolerance. Inhibitory receptors, such as ILT2/CD85j, are involved in the tolerogenic effect of DCs and previous studies have indicated the important role of these receptors on the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression and function of ILT2 in DCs from SLE patients. Peripheral blood from fifty patients with SLE and 38 healthy volunteers was obtained. ILT2 expression was assessed by flow cytometry. DCs were generated in the absence or presence of an anti-ILT2 antibody. The effect of ILT2 in the immunogenic ability of SLE DCs was also evaluated. We observed that SLE patients had significant higher levels of circulating plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), and that these levels correlated with disease activity. In contrast, the expression of ILT2 was diminished in both pDCs and myeloid DCs (mDCs) from these patients. However, under our experimental conditions, the in vitro differentiation of DCs was not apparently affected by ILT2 engagement. In contrast, the immunogenic capability of monocyte-derived DCs was not down-regulated by ILT2 cross-linking in a significant proportion of SLE patients. Our results suggest that ILT2 participates in the defective immune-regulation observed in patients with SLE. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Monsivais-Urenda, Adriana AU - Monsivais-Urenda A AD - Departamento de Inmunologia y Reumatologia, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico, DF, Mexico. FAU - Gomez-Martin, Diana AU - Gomez-Martin D FAU - Santana-de-Anda, Karina AU - Santana-de-Anda K FAU - Cruz-Martinez, Jose AU - Cruz-Martinez J FAU - Alcocer-Varela, Jorge AU - Alcocer-Varela J FAU - Gonzalez-Amaro, Roberto AU - Gonzalez-Amaro R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130610 PL - United States TA - Hum Immunol JT - Human immunology JID - 8010936 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (LILRB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antigens, CD/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immune Tolerance MH - Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1 MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*immunology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Myeloid Cells/*immunology MH - Receptors, Immunologic/*metabolism MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2013/06/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2013/06/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/05/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/05/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/25 06:00 [medline] AID - S0198-8859(13)00147-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.05.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Immunol. 2013 Sep;74(9):1088-96. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.05.006. Epub 2013 Jun 10.