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ArticleBlood2008

Indirect involvement of allergen-captured mast cells in antigen presentation.

Taku Kambayashi, Jan D Baranski, Rebecca G Baker, Tao Zou, Eric J Allenspach, Jonathan E Shoag, Peter L Jones, Gary A Koretzky

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Article in Blood, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Taku KambayashiAbramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160, USA.
Jan D Baranski
Rebecca G Baker
Tao Zou
Eric J Allenspach
Jonathan E Shoag
Peter L Jones
Gary A Koretzky
Cancer Research Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL007775 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SIEGEL, DONALD LAWRENCE · 1993 to 2023
$2.8M
The role of adapter molecules in mast cell functionK08HL086503 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAMBAYASHI, TAKU · 2007 to 2011
$665k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL086503NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is generally thought that mast cells influence T-cell activation nonspecifically through the release of inflammatory mediators. In this report, we provide evidence that mast cells may also affect antigen-specific T-cell responses by internalizing immunoglobulin E-bound antigens for presentation to antigen-specific T cells. Surprisingly, T-cell activation did not require that mast cells express major histocompatibility complex class II, indicating that mast cells were not involved in the direct presentation of the internalized antigens. Rather, the antigen captured by mast cells is presented by other major histocompatibility complex class II(+) antigen-presenting cells. To explore how this may occur, we investigated the fate of mast cells stimulated by antigen and found that FcepsilonRI crosslinking enhances mast cell apoptosis. Cell death by antigen-captured mast cells was required for efficient presentation because protection of mast cell death significantly decreased T-cell activation. These results suggest that mast cells may be involved in antigen presentation by acting as an antigen reservoir after antigen capture through specific immunoglobulin E molecules bound to their FcepsilonRI. This mechanism may contribute to how mast cells impact the development of T-cell responses.

Indexed as

AllergensAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DeathCell ProliferationCells, CulturedHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmunoglobulin EMast CellsMiceReceptors, IgEAllergensAntigensHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmunoglobulin EReceptors, IgE

Identifiers

PMID18032707
PMCPMC2214744
OpenAlexW2011578055

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