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SUBMITTER: Matsui T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2749454 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsui Toshimichi T Connolly John E JE Michnevitz Mark M Chaussabel Damien D Yu Chun-I CI Glaser Casey C Tindle Sasha S Pypaert Marc M Freitas Heidi H Piqueras Bernard B Banchereau Jacques J Palucka A Karolina AK
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20090601 11
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are key regulators of antiviral immunity. They rapidly secrete IFN-alpha and cross-present viral Ags, thereby launching adaptive immunity. In this study, we show that activated human pDCs inhibit replication of cancer cells and kill them in a contact-dependent fashion. Expression of CD2 distinguishes two pDC subsets with distinct phenotype and function. Both subsets secrete IFN-alpha and express granzyme B and TRAIL. CD2(high) pDCs uniquely express lysozyme an ...[more]