PMID- 27652503 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170612 LR - 20190225 IS - 1759-4804 (Electronic) IS - 1759-4790 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 12 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Altered dendritic cell functions in autoimmune diseases: distinct and overlapping profiles. PG - 703-715 LID - 10.1038/nrrheum.2016.147 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are central regulators of the balance between immunity and tolerance, and alteration of the specialized DC system is a common feature of both systemic and tissue-specific autoimmune diseases. Increasing evidence indicates that the heterogeneity and the remarkable functional diversity of DC subsets might be differentially affected in autoimmune disorders, which accounts for different pathologies. This Review discusses recent findings that support this concept and provides a new conceptual overview of the altered function and distribution of DCs in autoimmune disorders. The discussion will focus on systemic lupus erythematosus - a prototype of a multi-organ disease - as well as rheumatoid arthritis and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, pathologies characterized by tissue-specific lesions. Studies on these diseases have revealed common and disease-specific changes in DC distribution and in critical DC functions, such as phagocytosis, cytokine secretion and migration. An improved understanding of the roles of altered DC distribution and/or disturbed key functions in these autoimmune diseases will pave the way for the development of new therapies aiming at reducing immunogenicity and at enhancing the tolerogenic capacity of DCs. Although some tolerogenic DCs have already been introduced in the clinic, the successful translation of other DC-based therapies will require considerable research efforts. FAU - Coutant, Frederic AU - Coutant F AD - Department of Immunobiology, University of Clermont Ferrand, Hopital Gabriel Montpied, 58 rue de Montalembert, 630003 Clermont Ferrand, France. FAU - Miossec, Pierre AU - Miossec P AD - Immunogenomics and Inflammation Research Unit EA 4130, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Lyon, Hopital Edouard Herriot, 5 place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20160922 PL - United States TA - Nat Rev Rheumatol JT - Nature reviews. Rheumatology JID - 101500080 RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*immunology/therapy MH - Autoimmune Diseases/immunology/therapy MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy MH - Cytokines/immunology/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immune Tolerance/immunology MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*immunology/therapy MH - Myositis/*immunology MH - Phagocytosis/immunology EDAT- 2016/11/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/11/05 06:01 CRDT- 2016/09/23 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/11/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - nrrheum.2016.147 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nrrheum.2016.147 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2016 Dec;12(12):703-715. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2016.147. Epub 2016 Sep 22.