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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 713-U63出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1738
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI46688, R01 AI046688-05, R01 AI055502, R01 AI046688, R01 AI055502-05] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [TG2T32GM07205, T32 GM007205] Funding Source: Medline
T helper type 2 (T(H)2)-mediated immune responses are induced after infection with multicellular parasites and can be triggered by a variety of allergens. The mechanisms of induction and the antigen-presenting cells involved in the activation of T(H)2 responses remain poorly defined, and the innate immune sensing pathways activated by parasites and allergens are largely unknown. Basophils are required for the in vivo induction of T(H)2 responses by protease allergens. Here we show that basophils also function as antigen-presenting cells. We show that although dendritic cells were dispensable for allergen-induced activation of T(H)2 responses in vitro and in vivo, antigen presentation by basophils was necessary and sufficient for this. Thus, basophils function as antigen-presenting cells for T(H)2 differentiation in response to protease allergens.
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