PMID- 26104380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160805 LR - 20181202 IS - 1096-9071 (Electronic) IS - 0146-6615 (Linking) VI - 88 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - The role of DCs in the immunopathogenesis of chronic HBV infection and the methods of inducing DCs maturation. PG - 13-20 LID - 10.1002/jmv.24306 [doi] AB - Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the result of an inadequate immune response towards the virus. Dendritic cells (DCs), as the most efficient professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), possess the strongest antigen presenting the effect in the body and can stimulate the initial T cell activation and proliferation. DCs of patients with chronic HBV infection are impaired, resulting in more tolerogenic rather than immunogenic responses, which may contribute to viral persistence. Recently, numerous methods have been developed to induce DCs maturation. To date, recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) combined with interleukin-4 (rhIL-4) has been a classic culture combination to DCs. The recently classified type III interferon group interferon-lambda (IFN-lambda) displays antiviral, antitumor, and immunoregulatory activity. In our laboratory, we demonstrate that IFN-lambda1 combined with rhGM-CSF and rhIL-4 can significantly increase the expression of DC surface molecules and the secretion of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. In this review, we emphasize on the role of DCs in the immunopathogenesis of chronic HBV infection. Importantly, we systematic review that the latest update in the current status of knowledge on the methods of inducing DCs maturation in anti-HBV immunity. What's more, we conclude that IFN-lambda1 combined with GM-CSF and IL-4 can induce DCs maturation, which could become a possibility to be applied to the autologus dendritic cell vaccine to treat chronic hepatitis B. CI - (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Sun, Hai-Hua AU - Sun HH AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Third Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Zhou, Dong-Fang AU - Zhou DF AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Third Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. FAU - Zhou, Jun-Ying AU - Zhou JY AD - Department of Infectious Disease, Third Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20150716 PL - United States TA - J Med Virol JT - Journal of medical virology JID - 7705876 RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) SB - IM MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Hepatitis B virus/*immunology/*physiology MH - Hepatitis B, Chronic/*immunology/*pathology/therapy MH - Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans MH - *Immune Tolerance MH - Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - DCs maturation OT - autologus dendritic cell vaccine OT - dendritic cells OT - hepatitis B virus OT - interferon-lambda EDAT- 2015/06/25 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/06 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/06 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/jmv.24306 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Virol. 2016 Jan;88(1):13-20. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24306. Epub 2015 Jul 16.