Activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells
- Author(s)
- Fuchsberger, M; Hochrein, H; O'Keeffe, M;
- Details
- Publication Year 2005-10,Volume 83,Issue #5,Page 571-577
- Journal Title
- IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Four years after the discovery of mouse plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), pDC are still very much an 'enigmatic' cell type. It is clear that pDC are potent producers of type I IFN in response to viral, bacterial and even mammalian nucleotides. The role that they play in vivo before and after activation is still under scrutiny. This review concentrates on the pathways to activation of pDC, examining the activating ligands, receptors and signalling molecules that are known to be involved, and the relevance of these activation pathways to human disease.
- Publisher
- BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
- Keywords
- IFN-ALPHA PRODUCTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR-7; INTERFERON-PRODUCING CELLS; VIRUS-INFECTION; FLT3 LIGAND; CPG DNA; INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS; MICROBIAL STIMULUS; VIRAL-INFECTION
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1711.2005.01392.x
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Creation Date: 2005-10-01 12:00:00