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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) respond to antigenic peptides presented on MHC class I molecules. On most cells, these peptides are exclusively of endogenous, cytosolic origin. Bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells, however, harbor a unique pathway for MHC I presentation of exogenous antigens. This mechanism permits cross-presentation of pathogen-infected cells and the priming of CTL responses against intracellular microbial infections. Here, we report a novel diphtheria toxin-based system that allows the inducible, short-term ablation of dendritic cells (DC) in vivo. We show that in vivo DC are required to cross-prime CTL precursors. Our results thus define a unique in vivo role of DC, i.e., the sensitization of the immune system for cell-associated antigens. DC-depleted mice fail to mount CTL responses to infection with the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1074-7613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-1-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Diphtheria Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Integrin alphaXbeta2, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Plasmodium yoelii, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12196292-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo depletion of CD11c+ dendritic cells abrogates priming of CD8+ T cells by exogenous cell-associated antigens.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA. s.jung@weizmann.ac.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't