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SUBMITTER: Bunin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4547994 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bunin Anna A Sisirak Vanja V Ghosh Hiyaa S HS Grajkowska Lucja T LT Hou Z Esther ZE Miron Michelle M Yang Cliff C Ceribelli Michele M Uetani Noriko N Chaperot Laurence L Plumas Joel J Hendriks Wiljan W Tremblay Michel L ML Häcker Hans H Staudt Louis M LM Green Peter H PH Bhagat Govind G Reizis Boris B
Immunity 20150728 2
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are primary producers of type I interferon (IFN) in response to viruses. The IFN-producing capacity of pDCs is regulated by specific inhibitory receptors, yet none of the known receptors are conserved in evolution. We report that within the human immune system, receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (PTPRS) is expressed specifically on pDCs. Surface PTPRS was rapidly downregulated after pDC activation, and only PTPRS(-) pDCs produced IFN-α. Antibody-media ...[more]