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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2017

Interleukin-4 Inhibits Regulatory T Cell Differentiation through Regulating CD103+ Dendritic Cells.

Lei Tu, Jie Chen, Hongwei Zhang, Lihua Duan

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lei TuDivision of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , China.
Jie ChenMedical College, Xiamen University , Xiamen , China.
Hongwei ZhangLaboratory of Clinical Immunology, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , China.
Lihua DuanDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University , Xiamen , China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNUnion Hospital · CNXiamen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD103+ dendritic cells (DCs) have been shown to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) through educating regulatory T (Treg) cells differentiation. However, the mechanism of CD103+ DCs subsets differentiation remains elusive. Interleukin (IL)-4 is a pleiotropic cytokine that is upregulated in certain types of inflammation, including IBDs and especially ulcerative colitis. However, the precise role of IL-4 in the differentiation of CD103+ DCs subpopulation remains unknown. In this study, we observed a repressive role of IL-4 on the CD103+ DCs differentiation in both mouse and human. High-dose IL-4 inhibited the CD103+ DC differentiation. In comparison to CD103- DCs, CD103+ DCs expressed high levels of the co-stimulatory molecules and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Interestingly, IL-4 diminished IDO expression on DCs in a dose-dependent manner. Besides, high-dose IL-4-induced bone marrow-derived DCs, and monocyte-derived DCs revealed mature DCs profiles, characterized by increased co-stimulatory molecules and decreased pinocytotic function. Furthermore, DCs generated under low concentrations of IL-4 favored Treg cells differentiation, which depend on IDO produced by CD103+ DCs. Consistently, IL-4 also reduced the frequency of CD103+ DC

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CD103dendritic cellsIL-4indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenaseinflammatory bowel diseasesTreg

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