In addition to directly modifying DC function, path-ogens can indirectly influence DC function by inducing the release of a variety of either pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory mediators as a result of their insult on affected tissue. Unlike T-or B cells… During the development of an adaptive immune response, the phenotype and function of DCs play an extremely important role in initiating tolerance, memory, and polarised T-helper 1 (Th1), Th2 and Th17 differentiation. Mature dendritic cells undergo morphological, metabolic, and functional changes that allow them to migrate to lymphoid tissues and initiate antigen-specific T cell responses. From: Pediatric Respiratory Medicine (Second Edition), 2008, Simon Murch, in Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (Fourth Edition), 2011. In humans, however, it seems that cross-presentation depends more on the way in which antigens are loaded rather than the subtype of DCs. The capacity of 1,25(OH)2D3 to skew T cells towards the Th2 pathway had been previously suggested [59,64], but could not be confirmed by other studies [52,55]. For instance, experimentally, only one mature DC (mDC) is required to stimulate 100–3000 T cells. In a study that compared the migratory behavior of diabetogenic CD4+ T cells in Treg cell sufficient or insufficient mice, the authors observed that the transferred effector T cells tended to cluster around DCs in the pancreatic draining lymph node only in the absence of Treg cells.90 These descriptive differences were supported by significant reductions in effector T cell displacement and velocity in Treg deficient mice. Targeting to early endosomes promotes cross-presentation by many subsets of DCs (Cohn et al., 2013). In this process, they express tight junction proteins such as occludin and claudin, suggesting that they form tight junctions with epithelial cells to maintain the epithelial barrier function during antigen sampling (Blank et al., 2011; Rescigno et al., 2001b; Sung et al., 2006). Similar coculture systems revealed that Treg cells directly influence the DC cytokine profile. PGE2 does this by not only diminishing their IL-12p70 producing capacity but also by enhancing their production of IL-12p40, which acts as a competitive inhibitor of the biologically active IL-12p70 (Kalinski et al., 1999). The initiation and control of lymphocyte responses depend on the interaction of T cells with dendritic cells (DCs), a key type of antigen presenting cells (APCs). Helminth interaction with macrophages induces a population of macrophages preferentially expressing arginase instead of nitric oxide due to the increased activation of arginase-1 by IL-4 and IL-13. In gray, Treg cells directly suppress DCs to indirectly inhibit T effector cell activation. DCs are one of the first immune cells that will come into contact with allergens at mucosal surfaces (Holt et al., 1990; Liu and MacPherson, 1993; Vermaelen et al., 2001). Effector cells are attracted back to the site of infection by nonmigratory moDCs that share many characteristics with macrophages, such as chemokine production. During pathogen invasion, resident iDCs detect intruders via pattern recognition receptor (e.g. Dendritic cells (DCs), named for their probing, ‘tree-like’ or dendritic shapes, are responsible for the initiation of adaptive immune responses and hence function as the ‘sentinels’ of the immune system. Dendritic cells (DCs) play key roles in Ab responses by presenting Ags to lymphocytes and by producing proinflammatory cytokines. © The copyright for this work resides with the BSI, Registered charity - 1043255 in England and Wales / SC047367 in Scotland, and registered in England and Wales as company 3005933, E: BSI@immunology.org Conversely, neutralization of GM-CSF abolishes sensitization to HDM and attenuates the adjuvant effects of diesel particles on allergic sensitization (Cates et al., 2004; Ohta et al., 1999; Bleck et al., 2006; Willart et al., 2012). 2. High levels of MHC complexes, adhesion molecules, costimulatory molecules, and secreted cytokines then allow mature DCs to effectively drive naïve T cell activation and differentiation. Dendritic cells engulf microorganisms and other materials and degrade them with their lysosomes. 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