| Literature DB >> 15114682 |
Ling Lin1, Andrea J Gerth, Stanford L Peng.
Abstract
Unmethylated CpG-containing DNA plays a critical role in immunity via the augmentation of Th1 but suppression of Th2 T cell responses. We describe here that CpG motifs also redirect isotype production by murine B cells to "Th1-like" Ig isotypes (IgG2a, IgG2b, and IgG3) while suppressing Th2 isotypes (IgG1 and IgE). Using genetically mutant B cells, we find that the IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 isotypes are transcriptionally regulated via the promotion of class-switching, in a manner critically dependent upon TLR9 and MyD88. Thus, CpG DNA redirects Ig isotype production by regulating the specificity of class-switch recombination.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15114682 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324736
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Immunol ISSN: 0014-2980 Impact factor: 5.532