Single-cell analysis reveals that stochasticity and paracrine signaling control interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) are a pivotal component of the immune system. Here, the authors utilize single-cell microfluidics to interrogate the human pDC compartment and reveal a subset of type I IFN secreting pDCs that is regulated by stochastic gene expression and amplified by microenviron...

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Main Authors: Florian Wimmers, Nikita Subedi, Nicole van Buuringen, Daan Heister, Judith Vivié, Inge Beeren-Reinieren, Rob Woestenenk, Harry Dolstra, Aigars Piruska, Joannes F. M. Jacobs, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Carl G. Figdor, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, I. Jolanda M. de Vries, Jurjen Tel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05784-3