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Fc epsilon RI on dendritic cells: a receptor, which links IgE mediated allergic reaction and T cell mediated cellular
1Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract:
Dendritic cells (DC) are bone marrow derived cells with strong antigen presenting capacity and can induce primary immune responses by activating naive T cells. Cells of this lineage are called as professional antigen presenting cells (APC), because of their primary function as APC. Since the demonstration of IgE bound epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients, a role of IgE bearing DC as a regulator of IgE mediated allergic reactions is emphasized. Indeed, IgE molecules on DC are functional. DC can take up, process and present IgE bound antigens to T cells more efficiently by means of their surface IgE receptor, FcepsilonRI. In addition to its role as an antigen focusing molecule, DC FcepsilonRI may have another function to induce co-stimulatory signals to T cells, by which Th2 type T cell activation is preferentially induced. Thus, this receptor could serve as an amplifying factor for T cell mediated allergic reactions.
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