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. 2021 Mar;51(3):620-625.
doi: 10.1002/eji.202048714. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells regulate host immune response to Citrobacter rodentium induced colitis in colon-draining lymph nodes

Sakari Pöysti  1   2 , Satu Silojärvi  1 , Raine Toivonen  1 , Arno Hänninen  1   2
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells regulate host immune response to Citrobacter rodentium induced colitis in colon-draining lymph nodes

Sakari Pöysti et al. Eur J Immunol. 2021 Mar.
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Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are first in line to sense invading microbes and to deliver signals to other immune cells. Plasmacytoid DCs (pDC) produce high amounts of type I interferons (IFNs) but also regulate immune responses. Using the Clec4C (BDCA2)-diphtheria toxin receptor mouse model allowing conditional pDC depletion, we identified an essential role for pDCs in regulating intestinal inflammation locally in the gut. In pDC-depleted mice, Citrobacter rodentium infection led to enhanced activation of conventional DCs and induction of IFN-γ-producing Th1-cells in colon-draining lymph nodes, while induction of Foxp3+ /CD25+ Treg and IL-17-producing Th17 cells was impaired. Concomitantly, F4/80+ macrophages accumulated into the colon lamina propria in excess, and levels of Il-1β and Tnf transcripts increased and Foxp3+ Treg were fewer. Our results indicate that pDCs control inflammation in the gut during C. rodentium infection and that they have an important immune regulatory role in colon-draining lymph nodes.

Keywords: Clec4C (BDCA2) mice; T cells; colitis; gut immune system; plasmacytoid dendritic cells.

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