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SUBMITTER: Zeng R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3612556 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeng R R Oderup C C Yuan R R Lee M M Habtezion A A Hadeiba H H Butcher E C EC
Mucosal immunology 20121212 4
The vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid (RA) regulates intestinal immune responses through immunomodulatory actions on intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) and lymphocytes. Here, we show that RA also controls the generation of gut-tropic migratory DC precursors, referred to as pre-mucosal DCs (pre-μDCs). Pre-μDCs express the gut trafficking receptor α4β7 and home preferentially to the intestines. They develop in the bone marrow (BM), can differentiate into CCR9⁺ plasmacytoid DCs as well as convention ...[more]