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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 237-243Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni760
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Immunoglobulin-like transcript 3 (ILT3) and ILT4 belong to a family of inhibitory receptors expressed by human monocytes and dendritic cells. We show here that CD8(+)CD28(-) alloantigen-specific T suppressor (T-S) cells induce the up-regulation of ILT3 and ILT4 on monocytes and dendritic cells, rendering these antigen-presenting cells (APCs) tolerogenic. Tolerogenic APCs show reduced expression of costimulatory molecules and induce antigen-specific unresponsiveness in CD4(+)T helper cells. Studies of human heart transplant recipients showed that rejection-free patients have circulating T-S cells, which induce the up-regulation of ILT3 and ILT4 in donor APCs. These findings demonstrate an important mechanism of immune regulation.
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