Table 3.
Major phenotypes and actions of DC with inherent tolerogenic capacity.
DC population | Ag presentation ability | Co-stimulation capacity | Cytokine production | Inhibitory proteins | Anergy capacity | Clonal deletion of autoreactive T-cells | T-cell phenotypic skewing | B-cell skewing |
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Endogenous “immature” | Low Reduced class II MHC High DR/CLIP | Low to none (low CD40, CD40, CD86) |
Low production of IL-12, IL-1β, TNFα, IL-6 (mouse and human) | Intermediate levels of FasL, PD-L1, ILT-3/4, CD39, CD73, IDO | YES | YES | TH2, Tr1, Foxp3 Tregs (mouse and human) | Unknown |
Endogenous “semi-mature” | Reduced to intermediate levels of surface class II MHC (mouse and human) | Low to intermediate surface expression of CD40, CD80, CD86 (mouse and human) | Low production of IL-12, IL-1β, TNFα, IL-6 Intermediate production of IL-4, IL-10, TGFβ | Intermediate levels of FasL, PD-L1, ILT-3/4, IDO | YES | YES | TH2, Tr1, Foxp3 Tregs | Unknown |
Ex vivo monocytic-derived tolerogenic | Reduced to intermediate levels of surface class II MHC (mouse and human) | Low to intermediate surface expression of CD40, CD80, CD86 (mouse and human) | Intermediate to high production of IL-4, IL-10, TGFβ (mouse and human) | Intermediate to high levels of FasL, PD-L1, IDO | YES | YES | TH2, Tr1, Foxp3 Tregs (mouse and human) | IL-10+ Bregs (mouse and human) |