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SUBMITTER: Dasgupta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4020153 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dasgupta Suryasarathi S Erturk-Hasdemir Deniz D Ochoa-Reparaz Javier J Reinecker Hans-Christian HC Kasper Dennis L DL
Cell host & microbe 20140401 4
Polysaccharide A (PSA), the archetypical immunomodulatory molecule of the gut commensal Bacteroides fragilis, induces regulatory T cells to secrete the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10). The cellular mediators of PSA's immunomodulatory properties are incompletely understood. In a mouse model of colitis, we find that PSA requires both innate and adaptive immune mechanisms to generate protection. Plasmacytoid DCs (PDCs) exposed to PSA do not produce proinflammatory cytokines, but i ...[more]