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. 2006 Jun;7(6):663-71.
doi: 10.1038/ni1340. Epub 2006 May 7.

Intrasplenic steady-state dendritic cell precursors that are distinct from monocytes

Shalin H Naik  1 , Donald Metcalf, Annemarie van Nieuwenhuijze, Ian Wicks, Li Wu, Meredith O'Keeffe, Ken Shortman
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Intrasplenic steady-state dendritic cell precursors that are distinct from monocytes

Shalin H Naik et al. Nat Immunol. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Immediate precursors of the many subtypes of dendritic cells (DCs) remain obscure. Here we purified a splenic precursor population that produced all splenic CD8+ and CD8- conventional DCs (cDCs) but not plasmacytoid DCs or other lineages. This 'pre-cDC' population included cells 'precommitted' to form either CD8+ or CD8- cDCs. The pre-cDCs, which comprised 0.05% of splenocytes, expressed a CD11c(int) CD45RA(lo) CD43(int) SIRP-alpha(int) CD4- CD8- major histocompatibility complex class II-negative surface phenotype. The pre-cDCs were not monocytes. Monocytes generated few cDCs in steady-state recipient mice. However, when transferred into mice with an inflammatory milieu dependent on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, monocytes produced a distinct type of splenic DC. Thus, the inflammatory status of the host influences the developmental origin and type of DC present in lymphoid tissues.

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