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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-8
pubmed:abstractText
NKT cells are potent regulatory T cells that prevent the development of several autoimmune diseases. Analysis of NKT cell regulatory function in the NOD mouse has revealed that NKT cells inhibit the development of type 1 diabetes by impairing the differentiation of anti-islet T cells into Th1 effector cells. In the present study, we have performed in vitro and in vivo experiments to determine the respective role of cytokines and cell contacts in the blockade of T cell differentiation by NKT cells. These experiments reveal that cytokines such as IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, and TGF-beta, that have been involved in other functions of NKT cells, play only a minor role if any in the blockade of T cell differentiation by NKT cells. Diabetes is still prevented by NKT cells in the absence of functional IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, and TGF-beta. In contrast, we show for the first time that cell contacts are crucial for the immunoregulatory function of NKT cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
174
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1954-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Interleukin-13, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Mice, Inbred NOD, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:15699123-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of T cell differentiation into effectors by NKT cells requires cell contacts.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Médicale Unité 561, Hôpital Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't