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Combinations of IFN-γand IL-4 induce distinct profiles of dendritic cell-associated immunoregulatory properties

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Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) are not only generated during cell-mediated immunity (CMI) and humoral immunity (HI), but are also generated by innate immune cells in response to pathogenic factors. How these cytokines differentially effect the development of dendritic cell (DC)-associated immunoregulatory properties from progenitor cells during innate immunity is unresolved. To address this we have utilized a homogeneous DC progenitor-like cell line, MTHC-D2, as a model to examine cytokine-induced maturation of DCs. By 6 h IFN-γ induced genes that are important for antiviral activity and development of CMI, whereas IL-4 induced genes involved in cellular adhesion, uptake of extracellular antigen, suppression of cytotoxic T-cell responses, and that repair the extracellular matrix. By 48 h the cytokine stimulus had induced many properties characteristic of immature DCs; however, these were differentially effected by IFN-γ and IL-4. IFN-γ induced the greatest levels of costimulatory/ activation marker expression, and the highest levels of T-cell proliferation, whereas IL-4 induced the greatest levels of phagocytic activity. Stimulation of the cells with CD40 Ab enhanced the levels of costimulatory marker expression and T-cell stimulatory capacity of cells exposed to IFN-γ, but had little effect on cells exposed to IL-4 in the absence of IFN-γ.

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We thank Miss Leah Nolan for assistance in the preparation of this manuscript, Dr Rao Adavani and Mrs Gail DeCello at JCSMR, ANU for preparation of baculovirus produced cytokines used in these studies, Mrs Jane Olsen for Northern analysis, and Mr Hayden Henry for assistance in the literature screening of cDNA clones. Special thanks to Professors C Parish and I Ramshaw for supporting the completion of this work.

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Banyer, J., Halliday, D., Thomson, S. et al. Combinations of IFN-γand IL-4 induce distinct profiles of dendritic cell-associated immunoregulatory properties. Genes Immun 4, 427–440 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.gene.6364005

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