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Miyuki Tsuda1, Koichiro Matsumoto, Hiromasa Inoue, Mikiko Matsumura, Takako Nakano, Akio Mori, Miyuki Azuma, Yoichi Nakanishi.
Abstract
Viral infection in the airway provokes various immune responses, including Th1 and Th2 responses, which are partly initiated by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), a viral product for its replication. B7-H1 (PD-L1) and B7-DC (PD-L2) are B7-family molecules that bind to programmed death-1 (PD-1) on lymphocytes and are implicated in peripheral tolerance. We investigated the effect of dsRNA on the expression of B7-H1 and B7-DC on airway epithelial cell lines. B7-H1 and B7-DC were constitutively expressed on the cells, and their expression was profoundly upregulated by stimulation with an analog of viral dsRNA, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid. B7-H1 and B7-DC were also upregulated by stimulation with IFN-gamma, IL-13, and the supernatant from T cell clones. A relatively high concentration of dexamethasone (1 microM) was required to suppress the upregulation of B7-H1 or B7-DC. These results suggest that epithelial B7-H1 and B7-DC play a role in virus-associated immune responses in the airways.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15781259 DOI： 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.161
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN： 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575