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Title
Circulating dendritic cells of multiple sclerosis patients are proinflammatory and their frequency is correlated with MS-associated genetic risk factors
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Abstract
Background: The role of the adaptive immune system and more specifically T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been studied extensively. Emerging evidence suggests that dendritic cells (DCs), which are innate immune cells, also contribute to MS. Objectives: This study aimed to characterize circulating DC populations in MS and to investigate the contribution of MS-associated genetic risk factors to DCs. Methods: Ex vivo analysis of conventional (cDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) was carried out on peripheral blood of MS patients (n = 110) and age- and gender-matched healthy controls (n = 112). Results: Circulating pDCs were significantly decreased in patients with chronic progressive MS compared to relapsingremitting MS and healthy controls. While no differences in cDCs frequency were found between the different study groups, HLA-DRB1*1501+ MS patients and patients not carrying the protective IL-7Rα haplotype 2 have reduced frequencies of circulating cDCs and pDCs, respectively. MS-derived DCs showed enhanced IL-12p70 production upon TLR ligation and had an increased expression of the migratory molecules CCR5 and CCR7 as well as an enhanced in vitro chemotaxis. Conclusion: DCs in MS are in a pro-inflammatory state, have a migratory phenotype and are affected by genetic risk factors, thereby contributing to pathogenic responses.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Multiple sclerosis : clinical and laboratory research. - Basingstoke, 1995, currens
Publication
Basingstoke : 2014
ISSN
1352-4585 [print]
1477-0970 [online]
DOI
10.1177/1352458513505352
Volume/pages
20 :5 (2014) , p. 548-557
ISI
000333690400008
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Role of dendritic cells in Th1/Th17-mediated immune diseases.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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