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Mast cells condition dendritic cells to mediate allograft tolerance.
Immunity - 28 Oct 2011
de Vries Victor C, Pino-Lagos Karina, Nowak Elizabeth C, Bennett Kathy A, Oliva Carla, Noelle Randolph J
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral tolerance orchestrated by regulatory T cells, dendritic cells (DCs), and mast cells (MCs) has been studied in several models including skin allograft tolerance. We now define a role for MCs in controlling DC behavior ("conditioning") to facilitate tolerance. Under tolerant conditions, we show that MCs mediated a marked increase in tumor necrosis factor (TNFα)-dependent accumulation of graft-derived DCs...
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