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SUBMITTER: Harden JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3645912 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harden Jamie L JL Egilmez Nejat K NK
Immunological investigations 20120101 6-7
This article summarizes the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a potent immune-suppressive enzyme, in dendritic cells (DCs). Specific attention is given to differential up-regulation of IDO in distinct DC subsets, its function in immune homeostasis/autoimmunity, infection and cancer; and the associated immunological outcomes. The review will conclude with a discussion of the poorly defined mechanisms that mediate the long-term maint ...[more]