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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2010

CCR2 plays a critical role in dendritic cell maturation: possible role of CCL2 and NF-kappa B.

Fabio Jimenez, Marlon P Quinones, Hernan G Martinez, Carlos A Estrada, Kassandra Clark, Edgar Garavito, Jessica Ibarra, Peter C Melby, Seema S Ahuja

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabio JimenezAudie L. Murphy Division, Veterans Administration Center for Research on AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Marlon P Quinones
Hernan G Martinez
Carlos A Estrada
Kassandra Clark
Edgar Garavito
Jessica Ibarra
Peter C Melby
Seema S Ahuja
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Chemokine System in DC and Lymphocyte FunctionR01AI048644 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI AHUJA, SEEMA SINGH · 2001 to 2005
$1.7M
Chemokines in pathogenesis of Experimental ArthritisR01AR052755 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI AHUJA, SEEMA SINGH · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI048644NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI48644NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR052755NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR052755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We postulated that CCR2-driven activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB plays a critical role in dendritic cell (DC) maturation (e.g., migration, costimulation, and IL-12p70 production), necessary for the generation of protective immune responses against the intracellular pathogen Leishmania major. Supporting this notion, we found that CCR2, its ligand CCL2, and NF-kappaB were required for CCL19 production and adequate Langerhans cell (LC) migration both ex vivo and in vivo. Furthermore, a role for CCR2 in upregulating costimulatory molecules was indicated by the reduced expression of CD80, CD86, and CD40 in Ccr2(-/-) bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) compared with wild-type (WT) BMDCs. Four lines of evidence suggested that CCR2 plays a critical role in the induction of protective immunity against L. major by regulating IL-12p70 production and migration of DC populations such as LCs. First, compared with WT, Ccr2(-/-) lymph node cells, splenocytes, BMDCs, and LCs produced lower levels of IL-12p70 following stimulation with LPS/IFN-gamma or L. major. Second, a reduced number of LCs carried L. major from the skin to the draining lymph nodes in Ccr2(-/-) mice compared with WT mice. Third, early treatment with exogenous IL-12 reversed the susceptibility to L. major infection in Ccr2(-/-) mice. Finally, disruption of IL-12p70 in radioresistant cells, such as LCs, but not in BMDCs resulted in the inability to mount a fully protective immune response in bone marrow chimeric mice. Collectively, our data point to an important role for CCR2-driven activation of NF-kappaB in the regulation of DC/LC maturation processes that regulate protective immunity against intracellular pathogens.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MovementCells, CulturedChemokine CCL2Dendritic CellsInterleukin-12Langerhans CellsLeishmania majorLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDModels, ImmunologicalNF-kappa BCcl2 protein, mouseCcr2 protein, mouseChemokine CCL2Interleukin-12NF-kappa BReceptors, CCR2

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PMID20404272
PMCPMC2929965
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