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The Extracellular Domain of CD83 Inhibits Dendritic Cell–mediated T Cell Stimulation and Binds to a Ligand on Dendritic Cells

CD83 is an immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily member that is upregulated during the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs). It has been widely used as a marker for mature DCs, but its function is still unknown. To approach its potential functional role, we have expressed the extracellular Ig domain of hum...

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Autores principales: Lechmann, Matthias, Krooshoop, Daniëlle J.E.B., Dudziak, Diana, Kremmer, Elisabeth, Kuhnt, Christine, Figdor, Carl G., Schuler, Gerold, Steinkasserer, Alexander
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2193570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11748282
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Sumario:CD83 is an immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily member that is upregulated during the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs). It has been widely used as a marker for mature DCs, but its function is still unknown. To approach its potential functional role, we have expressed the extracellular Ig domain of human CD83 (hCD83ext) as a soluble protein. Using this tool we could show that immature as well as mature DCs bind to CD83. Since CD83 binds a ligand also expressed on immature DCs, which do not express CD83, indicates that binding is not a homophilic interaction. In addition we demonstrate that hCD83ext interferes with DC maturation downmodulating the expression of CD80 and CD83, while no phenotypical effects were observed on T cells. Finally, we show that hCD83ext inhibits DC-dependent allogeneic and peptide-specific T cell proliferation in a concentration dependent manner in vitro. This is the first report regarding functional aspects of CD83 and the binding of CD83 to DCs.