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SUBMITTER: Pallandre JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2597118 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pallandre Jean R JR Krzewski Konrad K Bedel Romain R Ryffel Bernhard B Caignard Anne A Rohrlich Pierre Simon PS Pivot Xavier X Tiberghien Pierre P Zitvogel Laurence L Strominger Jack L JL Borg Christophe C
Blood 20080805 12
Initial molecular events leading to natural killer lymphocyte (NK) and dendritic cell (DC) interactions are largely unknown. Here, the role of CX3CL1 (fractalkine), a chemokine expressed on mature dendritic cells (mDCs) has been investigated. We show that CX3CL1 promotes NK activation by mDCs. After blocking of CX3CL1 by antibody, no activation occurred but major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I neutralization restored DC-mediated NK activation, suggesting an interaction between CX3CL1 s ...[more]