Abstract
The IgE-mediated and Th2-dependent late-phase reaction remains a mechanistically enigmatic and daunting element of human allergic inflammation. In this study, we uncover the FcεRI on dendritic cells (DCs) as a key in vivo component of this form of allergy. Because rodent, unlike human, DCs lack FcεRI, this mechanism could be revealed only by using a new transgenic mouse model with human-like FcεRI expression on DCs. In the presence of IgE and allergen, FcεRI(+) DCs instructed naive T cells to differentiate into Th2 cells in vitro and boosted allergen-specific Th2 responses and Th2-dependent eosinophilia at the site of allergen exposure in vivo. Thus, FcεRI on DCs drives the cascade of pathogenic reactions linking the initial allergen capture by IgE with subsequent Th2-dominated T cell responses and the development of late-phase allergic tissue inflammation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 164-71 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Immunology |
Volume | 187 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 27 May 2011 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2011 |
Keywords
- Allergens
- Animals
- Antigens, Plant
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Dendritic Cells
- Female
- Humans
- Inflammation Mediators
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Ovalbumin
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, IgE
- Th2 Cells
- Time Factors