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Pascal Seeger1, Tiziana Musso2, Silvano Sozzani3
1Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Abstract:
The TGF-β superfamily consists of a large group of pleiotropic cytokines that are involved in the regulation of many developmental, physiological and pathological processes. Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells that play a key role in innate and adaptive immune responses. Dendritic cells have a complex relationship with the TGF-β cytokine superfamily being both source and targets for many of these cytokines. Some TGF-β family members are expressed by dendritic cells and modulate immune responses, for instance through the induction of T cell polarization. Others play a crucial role in the development and function of the different dendritic cell subsets. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the role of TGF-β family cytokines in dendritic cell biology, focusing on TGF-β as well as on other, less characterized, members of these important immune mediators.
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