scholarly journals Effect of immune tolerance induced by immature dendritic cells and CTLA4-Ig on systemic lupus erythematosus: An in�vivo study

Author(s):  
Cuili Huang ◽  
Lidan Zhang ◽  
Fang Ling ◽  
Sijian Wen ◽  
Yanyan Luo ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Liao ◽  
Alec M. Reihl ◽  
Xin M. Luo

Dendritic cells (DC) play an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease with multiple tissue manifestations. In this review, we summarize recent studies on the roles of conventional DC and plasmacytoid DC in the development of both murine lupus and human SLE. In the past decade, studies using selective DC depletions have demonstrated critical roles of DC in lupus progression. Comprehensivein vitroandin vivostudies suggest activation of DC by self-antigens in lupus pathogenesis, followed by breakdown of immune tolerance to self. Potential treatment strategies targeting DC have been developed. However, many questions remain regarding the mechanisms by which DC modulate lupus pathogenesis that require further investigations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A34.1-A34
Author(s):  
Ahsen Morva ◽  
Sébastien Lemoine ◽  
Achouak Achour ◽  
Alain Saraux ◽  
Jacques-Olivier Pers ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (45) ◽  
pp. E6195-E6204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teja Celhar ◽  
Richard Hopkins ◽  
Susannah I. Thornhill ◽  
Raquel De Magalhaes ◽  
Sun-Hee Hwang ◽  
...  

Glomerulonephritis is a common and debilitating feature of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The precise immune mechanisms that drive the progression from benign autoimmunity to glomerulonephritis are largely unknown. Previous investigations have shown that a moderate increase of the innate Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) is sufficient for the development of nephritis. In these systems normalization of B-cell TLR7 expression or temporal depletion of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) slow progression; however, the critical cell that is responsible for driving full immunopathology remains unidentified. In this investigation we have shown that conventional DC expression of TLR7 is essential for severe autoimmunity in the Sle1Tg7 model of SLE. We show that a novel expanding CD11b+ conventional DC subpopulation dominates the infiltrating renal inflammatory milieu, localizing to the glomeruli. Moreover, exposure of human myeloid DCs to IFN-α or Flu increases TLR7 expression, suggesting they may have a role in self-RNA recognition pathways in clinical disease. To our knowledge, this study is the first to highlight the importance of conventional DC-TLR7 expression for kidney pathogenesis in a murine model of SLE.


2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 1172-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A Gill ◽  
Patrick Blanco ◽  
Edsel Arce ◽  
Virginia Pascual ◽  
Jacques Banchereau ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 2896-2904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yackov Berkun ◽  
Inna Verbovetski ◽  
Anat Ben-Ami ◽  
Daphna Paran ◽  
Dan Caspi ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document