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SUBMITTER: Jie Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6195481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature immunology 20180924 11
Dendritic cells (DCs) play an integral role in regulating mucosal immunity and homeostasis, but the signaling network mediating this function of DCs is poorly defined. We identified the noncanonical NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) as a crucial mediator of mucosal DC function. DC-specific NIK deletion impaired intestinal immunoglobulin A (IgA) secretion and microbiota homeostasis, rendering mice sensitive to an intestinal pathogen, Citrobacter rodentium. DC-specific NIK was required for expression of ...[more]