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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2011

Modulation of γδ T cell responses by TLR ligands.

Daniela Wesch, Christian Peters, Hans-Heinrich Oberg, Kathrin Pietschmann, Dieter Kabelitz

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniela WeschInstitute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Arnold-Heller Strasse 3, Haus 17, 24105, Kiel, Germany. wesch@immunologie.uni-kiel.de
Christian Peters
Hans-Heinrich Oberg
Kathrin Pietschmann
Dieter Kabelitz
Kiel University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLR) are pattern-recognition receptors that recognize a broad variety of structurally conserved molecules derived from microbes. The recognition of TLR ligands functions as a primary sensor of the innate immune system, leading to subsequent indirect activation of the adaptive immunity as well as none-immune cells. However, TLR are also expressed by several T cell subsets, and the respective ligands can directly modulate their effector functions. The present review summarizes the recent findings of γδ T cell modulation by TLR ligands. TLR1/2/6, 3, and 5 ligands can act directly in combination with T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation to enhance cytokine/chemokine production of freshly isolated human γδ T cells. In contrast to human γδ T cells, murine and bovine γδ T cells can directly respond to TLR2 ligands with increased proliferation and cytokine production in a TCR-independent manner. Indirect stimulatory effects on IFN-γ production of human and murine γδ T cells via TLR-ligand activated dendritic cells have been described for TLR2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 ligands. In addition, TLR3 and 7 ligands indirectly increase tumor cell lysis by human γδ T cells, whereas ligation of TLR8 abolishes the suppressive activity of human tumor-infiltrating Vδ1 γδ T cells on αβ T cells and dendritic cells. Taken together, these data suggest that TLR-mediated signals received by γδ T cells enhance the initiation of adaptive immune responses during bacterial and viral infection directly or indirectly. Moreover, TLR ligands enhance cytotoxic tumor responses of γδ T cells and regulate the suppressive capacity of γδ T cells.

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LigandsAnimalsCattleHumansLipopeptidesMicePoly I-CReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaT-LymphocytesToll-Like ReceptorsLigandsLipopeptidesPam(3)CSK(4) peptidePoly I-CReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaToll-Like Receptors

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PMID21560072
PMCPMC11114913
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