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SUBMITTER: Kim YI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082403 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kim Young-In YI Song Joo-Hye JH Ko Hyun-Jeong HJ Kweon Mi-Na MN Kang Chang-Yuil CY Reinecker Hans-Christian HC Chang Sun-Young SY
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20180709 4
Secretory IgA is a key host defense mechanism that controls the intestinal microbiota. We investigated the role of CD11c<sup>+</sup>CX<sub>3</sub>CR1<sup>+</sup>CD64<sup>+</sup> macrophages in IgA production in the intestine. Intestinal CX<sub>3</sub>CR1<sup>+</sup> macrophages directly induced IgA secretion by B cells. Ag delivery to lamina propria (LP) CX<sub>3</sub>CR1<sup>+</sup> macrophages specifically induced intestinal IgA production. The induction of IgA by CX<sub>3</sub>CR1<sup>+</sup> ...[more]