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SUBMITTER: Simpson J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5155015 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simpson Joanne J Miles Katherine K Trüb Marta M MacMahon Roisin R Gray Mohini M
Frontiers in immunology 20161214
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) play a pivotal role in driving the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus, <i>via</i> the secretion of IFN-α in response to nuclear self-antigens complexed with autoantibodies. Apoptotic cells, generated at sites of inflammation or secondary lymphoid organs, are exposed to activated pDCs and also express the same nuclear antigens on their cell surface. Here, we show that in the absence of autoantibodies, activated pDCs directly respond to apoptotic ce ...[more]