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IMMUNITY
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 247-257Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.02.002
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23790528] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Although both conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are present in the gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT), the roles of pDCs in the gut remain largely unknown. Here we show a critical role for pDCs in T cell-independent (TI) IgA production by B cells in the GALT. When pDCs of the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) and Peyer's patches (PPs) (which are representative GALT) were cultured with naive B cells to induce TI IgA class switch recombination (CSR), IgA production was substantially higher than in cocultures of these cells with cDCs. IgA production was dependent on APRIL and BAFF production by pDCs. Importantly, pDC expression of APRIL and BAFF was dependent on stromal cell-derived type I IFN signaling under steady-state conditions. Our findings provide insight into the molecular basis of pDC conditioning to induce mucosal TI IgA production, which may lead to improvements in vaccination strategies and treatment for mucosal-related disorders.
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