SAGE library screening reveals ILT7 as a specific plasmacytoid dendritic cell marker that regulates type I IFN production.
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) link innate to acquired immune responses by producing high levels of type I IFN upon infection. In order to identify the specific genes that control pDC, we compared serial analysis of gene expression libraries from human pDCs, herpes simplex virus-stimulated pDCs and monocytes. We found that Ig-like transcript ILT7 is specifically expressed on pDC cell surfaces and is down-regulated when pDC mature in response to viral or bacterial stimulation. ILT7 expression on the cell surface required association with the Fc epsilon RI gamma adaptor molecule. Although treatment with one anti-ILT7-specific mAb suppressed type I IFN production in response to cytosine-phosphate-guanosice (CpG) stimulation, another anti-ILT7 mAb up-regulated type I IFN production. We conclude that ILT7 is a key regulator of human pDC function.
Department of Immunobiology, Ginkgo Biomedical Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Minkwon
M
Cho
Koji
K
Ishida
Jingtao
J
Chen
Jun
J
Ohkawa
Wei
W
Chen
Sahori
S
Namiki
Ayumi
A
Kotaki
Naoko
N
Arai
Ken-ichi
K
Arai
Yumiko
Y
Kamogawa-Schifter
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