The Immunomodulatory Potential of tolDCs Loaded with Heat Shock Proteins

Willem van Eden, Manon A A Jansen, A Charlotte Mt de Wolf, Irene S Ludwig, Paul Leufkens, Femke Broere

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    Abstract

    Disease suppressive T cell regulation may depend on cognate interactions of regulatory T cells with self-antigens that are abundantly expressed in the inflamed tissues. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are by their nature upregulated in stressed cells and therefore abundantly present as potential targets for such regulation. HSP immunizations have led to inhibition of experimentally induced inflammatory conditions in various models. However, re-establishment of tolerance in the presence of an ongoing inflammatory process has remained challenging. Since tolerogenic DCs (tolDCs) have the combined capacity of mitigating antigen-specific inflammatory responses and of endowing T cells with regulatory potential, it seems attractive to combine the anti-inflammatory qualities of tolDCs with those of HSPs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1690
    Number of pages6
    JournalFrontiers in Immunology
    Volume8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2017

    Keywords

    • self-tolerance
    • autoimmunity
    • heat shock protein
    • regulatory T cell
    • peptideIN

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