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ArticleInternational archives of allergy and immunology2015

Differential T-helper cell polarization after allergen-specific stimulation of autologous dendritic cells in polysensitized allergic patients.

Kazem Ashjaei, Merima Bublin, Ursula Smole, Nina Lengger, Christine Hafner, Heimo Breiteneder, Stefan Wagner, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber

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Article in International archives of allergy and immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Kazem AshjaeiDepartment of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Merima Bublin
Ursula Smole
Nina Lengger
Christine Hafner
Heimo Breiteneder
Stefan Wagner
Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber
Medical University of Vienna · ATKarl Landsteiner Society · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 4603Austrian Science Fund FWF J 3332
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in the induction and regulation of adaptive immune responses by polarizing T-helper (Th) cells. In allergic disease this response is dominated by Th2 cells. It is still unclear whether the activation of Th cells by DCs in atopic individuals is allergen specific.

methodsMonocyte-derived DCs (MoDCs) obtained from polysensitized patients were stimulated with purified Bet v 1, Phl p 5 and Act d 10, and the surface marker expression was analysed. Proliferation and cytokine profiles of autologous naïve CD4+ T cells co-cultured with allergen-pulsed MoDCs were assessed.

resultsThe addition of either Bet v 1 or Phl p 5 did not further increase the expression of surface markers from matured MoDCs in all study groups. In co-cultures, autologous naïve CD4+ T cells proliferated when DCs obtained from individuals allergic to birch and grass pollen were stimulated with Bet v 1 and Phl p 5, respectively. In the co-culture supernatants, significantly increased levels of IL-5 and IL-13 were detected. This effect correlated with the sensitization background and was absent when applying an unspecific allergen, Act d 10. The levels of IL-10 in supernatants of MoDCs and the levels of IL-10 and IFN-γ in supernatants of T cells remained unchanged upon stimulation with allergens.

conclusionsIn this study we observed that allergen-specific stimulation of MoDCs induces T-cell proliferation and upregulation of Th2-type cytokines. Interestingly, this Th2 polarization was only observed in cells stimulated with the allergen to which the patients were sensitized.

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AdultAllergensAntigens, PlantCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCoculture TechniquesCytokinesDendritic CellsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFlow CytometryHumansHypersensitivityMaleMiddle AgedPlant ProteinsAllergensAntigens, PlantBet v 1 allergen, BetulaCytokinesPhl p Vb protein, Phleum pratensePlant ProteinsRibonucleases

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