PMID- 26110387 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160405 LR - 20220317 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Jun 23 TI - A Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells-Type I Interferon Axis Is Critically Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. PG - 14158-70 LID - 10.3390/ijms160614158 [doi] AB - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease that is characterized by the generation of immune responses to various nuclear components. Impaired clearance of apoptotic cells and loss of tolerance to self-antigens are involved both in the initiation and in the propagation of the disease. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key factors in the balance between autoimmunity and tolerance and play a role linking innate and adaptive immunity. DCs, particularly plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), are the main source of type I interferon (IFN) cytokines, which contribute to the immunopathogenesis of SLE. There is accumulating evidence that pDCs and type I IFN cytokines take the leading part in the development of SLE. In this review, we discuss recent data regarding the role of pDCs and type I IFN cytokines in the pathogenesis of SLE and the potential for employing therapies targeting against aberrant regulation of the pDC-type I IFN axis for treating SLE. FAU - Kim, Ji-Min AU - Kim JM AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-712, Korea. okjimin@hanmail.net. FAU - Park, Sung-Hwan AU - Park SH AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-701, Korea. rapark@catholic.ac.kr. FAU - Kim, Ho-Youn AU - Kim HY AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul 143-729, Korea. ho0919@gmail.com. FAU - Kwok, Seung-Ki AU - Kwok SK AD - Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-701, Korea. seungki73@catholic.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20150623 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Interferon Type I) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dendritic Cells/metabolism/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Interferon Type I/*metabolism MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/metabolism/*pathology PMC - PMC4490545 OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendritic cells OT - systemic lupus erythematosus OT - type I interferon EDAT- 2015/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/06 06:00 PMCR- 2015/06/01 CRDT- 2015/06/26 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms160614158 [pii] AID - ijms-16-14158 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms160614158 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2015 Jun 23;16(6):14158-70. doi: 10.3390/ijms160614158.