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IMMUNITY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 43-53Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.06.011
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA072009] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK061320, DK050654] Funding Source: Medline
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The developmental origin of type I interferon (IFN)-producing plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) is controversial. In particular, the rearrangement of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) genes in murine PDCs and the expression of pre-T cell receptor alpha (pTalpha) gene by human PDCs were proposed as evidence for their lymphoid origin. Here we demonstrate that PDCs capable of IFN production develop efficiently from both myeloid- and lymphoid-committed progenitors. Rearranged IgH genes as well as RAG transcripts were found in both myeloid- and lymphoid-derived PDCs. The human pTalpha transgenic reporter was activated in both myeloid- and lymphoid-derived PDCs at a level comparable to pre-T cells. PDCs were the only cell population that activated murine RAG1 knockin and human pTalpha transgenic reporters outside the lymphoid lineage. These results highlight a unique developmental program of PDCs that distinguishes them from other cell types including conventional dendritic cells.
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