title: [Study on the anti-maturation features of immature dendritic cells induced by low dose of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influence of maturative agents, including lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon gamma(IFN-gamma) on the maturation of immature dendritic cells originated from murine bone marrow induced by low dose of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (rm GM-CSF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Dendritic cells from murine bone marrow progenitors were cultured in low and high doses of GM-CSF for 6 days, and then the suspending cells were harvested for the experiment. After 3 days of co-culture of the obtained DC with low dose rmGM-CSF (GM(low)DC) with LPS, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma, the stimulatory capacity of inducing proliferation of non-sensitized splenocytes of GM(low)DC in mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was observed and compared with that of GM(high)DC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  GM(low)DC could not activate the non-sensitized splenocytes or induce it into proliferation after 3 days of co-incubation with LPS, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, with the stimulation index (SI) lower than 2. Whereas GM(high)DC could strongly activate naive splenocytes (SI = 4.71).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GM(low)DC was resistant to maturation and insensitive to the stimulation by LPS, TNF-alpha or IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor