PMID- 25713503 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150225 LR - 20201001 IS - 1598-2629 (Print) IS - 2092-6685 (Electronic) IS - 1598-2629 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Feb TI - Regulation of intestinal immune system by dendritic cells. PG - 1-8 LID - 10.4110/in.2015.15.1.1 [doi] AB - Innate immune cells survey antigenic materials beneath our body surfaces and provide a front-line response to internal and external danger signals. Dendritic cells (DCs), a subset of innate immune cells, are critical sentinels that perform multiple roles in immune responses, from acting as principal modulators to priming an adaptive immune response through antigen-specific signaling. In the gut, DCs meet exogenous, non-harmful food antigens as well as vast commensal microbes under steady-state conditions. In other instances, they must combat pathogenic microbes to prevent infections. In this review, we focus on the function of intestinal DCs in maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis. Specifically, we describe how intestinal DCs affect IgA production from B cells and influence the generation of unique subsets of T cell. FAU - Ko, Hyun-Jeong AU - Ko HJ AD - Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. FAU - Chang, Sun-Young AU - Chang SY AD - Laboratory of Microbiology, College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20150217 PL - Korea (South) TA - Immune Netw JT - Immune network JID - 101137270 PMC - PMC4338263 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cells OT - Gut OT - Regulatory T cells OT - Secretory IgA OT - Th17 COIS- The authors have no financial conflict of interest. EDAT- 2015/02/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/26 06:01 PMCR- 2015/02/01 CRDT- 2015/02/26 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/01/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4110/in.2015.15.1.1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immune Netw. 2015 Feb;15(1):1-8. doi: 10.4110/in.2015.15.1.1. Epub 2015 Feb 17.