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. 2004 Jul;21(1):43-53.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.06.011.

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells activate lymphoid-specific genetic programs irrespective of their cellular origin

Hirokazu Shigematsu  1 , Boris Reizis, Hiromi Iwasaki, Shin-ichi Mizuno, Dan Hu, David Traver, Philip Leder, Nobuo Sakaguchi, Koichi Akashi
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells activate lymphoid-specific genetic programs irrespective of their cellular origin

Hirokazu Shigematsu et al. Immunity. 2004 Jul.
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Abstract

The developmental origin of type I interferon (IFN)-producing plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) is controversial. In particular, the rearrangement of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) genes in murine PDCs and the expression of pre-T cell receptor alpha (pTalpha) gene by human PDCs were proposed as evidence for their "lymphoid" origin. Here we demonstrate that PDCs capable of IFN production develop efficiently from both myeloid- and lymphoid-committed progenitors. Rearranged IgH genes as well as RAG transcripts were found in both myeloid- and lymphoid-derived PDCs. The human pTalpha transgenic reporter was activated in both myeloid- and lymphoid-derived PDCs at a level comparable to pre-T cells. PDCs were the only cell population that activated murine RAG1 knockin and human pTalpha transgenic reporters outside the lymphoid lineage. These results highlight a unique developmental program of PDCs that distinguishes them from other cell types including conventional dendritic cells.

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