Microbe-specific unconventional T cells induce human neutrophil differentiation into antigen cross-presenting cells.

ABSTRACT: The early immune response to microbes is dominated by the recruitment of neutrophils whose primary function is to clear invading pathogens. However, there is emerging evidence that neutrophils play additional effector and regulatory roles. The present study demonstrates that human neutrophils assume Ag cross-presenting functions and suggests a plausible scenario for the local generation of APC-like neutrophils through the mobilization of unconventional T cells in response to microbial metabolites. Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells and mucosal-associated invariant T cells are abundant in blood, inflamed tissues, and mucosal barriers. In this study, both human cell types responded rapidly to neutrophils after phagocytosis of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria producing the corresponding ligands, and in

SUBMITTER: Davey MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169984 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature