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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Martin Zenke
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hacker Christine C Kirsch Ralf D RD Ju Xin-Sheng XS Hieronymus Thomas T Gust Tatjana C TC Kuhl Christiane C Jorgas Thorsten T Kurz Steffen M SM Rose-John Stefan S Yokota Yoshifumi Y Zenke Martin M
Nature immunology 20030224 4
Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells with a pivotal role in antigen-specific immune responses. Here, we found that the helix-loop-helix transcription factor Id2 is up-regulated during DC development in vitro and crucial for the development of distinct DC subsets in vivo. Id2-/- mice lack Langerhans cells (LCs), the cutaneous contingent of DCs, and the splenic CD8alpha+ DC subset is markedly reduced. Mice deficient for transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta also lack LCs, and ...[more]