CD40-signalling abrogates induction of RORγt+ Treg cells by intestinal CD103+ DCs and causes fatal colitis

CD103+ dendritic cells induce iTreg cells to maintain immune balance in the gut, but how CD40-signalling regulates this process is unclear. Here the authors show that mice with constitutive CD11c-specific CD40-signalling have altered CD103+dendritic cell migration, reduced iTreg cell induction, and...

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Main Authors: Christian Barthels, Ana Ogrinc, Verena Steyer, Stefanie Meier, Ferdinand Simon, Maria Wimmer, Andreas Blutke, Tobias Straub, Ursula Zimber-Strobl, Esther Lutgens, Peggy Marconi, Caspar Ohnmacht, Debora Garzetti, Bärbel Stecher, Thomas Brocker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14715