Dendritic cells (DCs) can be classified into 2 distinct subsets: conventional DCs (cDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs). cDCs can prime antigen-specific T-cell immunity, whereas in vivo function of pDCs as antigen-presenting cells remains controversial. We evaluated the contribution of pDCs to allogeneic T-cell responses in vivo in mouse models of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by an add-back study of MHC-expressing pDCs into major histocompatibility complex-deficient mice that were resistant to GVHD. Alloantigen expression on pDCs alone was sufficient to prime alloreactive T cells and cause GVHD.An inflammatory environment created by host irradiation has the decisive role in maturing pDCs for T-cell priming but this process does not require Toll-like receptor signaling. Thus, functional out-comes of pDC-T-cell interactions depend on the immunologic context of encounter. To our knowledge, these results are the first to directly demonstrate an in vivo pathogenic role of pDCs as antigen-presenting cells in an antigen-specific T cell-mediated disease inthe absence of other DC subsets and to provide important insight into developing strategies for tolerance induction in transplantation. © 2009 by The American Society of Hematology.
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Koyama, M., Hashimoto, D., Aoyama, K., Matsuoka, K. I., Karube, K., Niiro, H., … Teshima, T. (2009). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells prime alloreactive T cells to mediate graft-versus-host disease as antigen-presenting cells. Blood, 113(9), 2088–2095. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-07-168609
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