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SUBMITTER: Nakano H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3697034 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakano H H Free M E ME Whitehead G S GS Maruoka S S Wilson R H RH Nakano K K Cook D N DN
Mucosal immunology 20111019 1
Allergic asthma stems largely from the actions of T helper 2 (Th2) cells, but the pathways that initiate Th2 responses to inhaled allergens are not fully understood. In the lung, there are two major subsets of dendritic cells (DCs), displaying CD11b or CD103. We found that after taking up inhaled ovalbumin in vivo, purified CD103(+) DCs from the lung or lung-draining lymph nodes primed Th2 differentiation ex vivo. Th2 induction by CD103(+) DCs was also seen when cockroach or house dust mite alle ...[more]