title: Effects of IL-12 and IL-23 on antigen-presenting cells at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity.
abstract: Recent evidence from different experimental systems has demonstrated that autocrine activation of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be important at the initiation of an immune response, and that a specific set of cytokines may meet the dual needs of activating APCs and priming and/or maintaining the antigen-specific T-cell response. Composite factors with p40, including IL-12 (p40/p35) and IL-23 (p40/p19), may be two such immunoregulatory cytokines, their effects encompassing actions on both myeloid APCs and T cells. However, although both cytokines enhance the Th1 costimulatory functions of APCs, and IL-23 does induce IL-12 from APCs, their effects, which in part overlap, can be differentiated from one another. This review summarizes recent data on the actions of IL-12 and IL-23 on dendritic cells and macrophages at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06126 Perugia, Italy. plopcc@tin.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puccetti
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Belladonna
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grohmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019898:Autocrine Communication / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D053759:Interleukin-23; D053760:Interleukin-23 Subunit p19; D007378:Interleukins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: C508840:IL23A protein, human; D053759:Interleukin-23; D053760:Interleukin-23 Subunit p19; D007378:Interleukins; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D018664:Interleukin-12