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SUBMITTER: Saitoh SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693993 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saitoh Shin-Ichiroh SI Abe Fumiko F Kanno Atsuo A Tanimura Natsuko N Mori Saitoh Yoshiko Y Fukui Ryutaro R Shibata Takuma T Sato Katsuaki K Ichinohe Takeshi T Hayashi Mayumi M Kubota Kazuishi K Kozuka-Hata Hiroko H Oyama Masaaki M Kikko Yorifumi Y Katada Toshiaki T Kontani Kenji K Miyake Kensuke K
Nature communications 20171117 1
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) sense viral RNA through toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7), form self-adhesive pDC-pDC clusters, and produce type I interferons. This cell adhesion enhances type I interferon production, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. Here we show that MyD88-dependent TLR7 signaling activates CD11a/CD18 integrin to induce microtubule elongation. TLR7<sup>+</sup> lysosomes then become linked with these microtubules through the GTPase Arl8b and its effector SKIP/Pl ...[more]