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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 166, 期 6, 页码 3743-3748出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.6.3743
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Oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs (CpG-ODN) represent potential adjuvants for specific immunotherapy of type I allergies because they foster Th1-like immune responses. However, previous work has shown that CpG-ODN induce systemically active levels of TNF-alpha in murine macrophages. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the release of TNF-alpha in human cells by a CpG-ODN proven to induce Th1 immune responses in cells from atopic individuals and in mice. CpG-ODN induced TNF-alpha in cells from atopic and healthy individuals. However, the amounts were low, as determined by comparison with commonly used Ags, Intracellular cytokine staining of PBMC revealed that CpG-ODN-induced TNF-alpha derived exclusively from B lymphocytes. TNF-cu contributed to the CpG-ODN-augmented proliferation and Tg synthesis in PBMC, but was not involved in IFN-gamma synthesis. In conclusion, our findings indicate that certain CpG-ODN induce low amounts of TNF-alpha in human B lymphocytes and may therefore be used to modulate Th2-biased immune responses in allergic patients.
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