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Complement regulates inhalation tolerance at the dendritic cell/T cell interface.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jan 2007
Köhl Jörg, Wills-Karp Marsha
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary exposure to innocuous aeroallergens is a common event leading to inhalation tolerance. Distinct subsets of pulmonary dendritic cells (DC) and regulatory T cells (T(Reg)) play critical roles in mediating and maintaining such tolerance. In asthmatics, the same aeroallergens drive a maladaptive, Th2-biased immune response resulting in airway inflammation and airway hyper-reactivity. The mechanisms...
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