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. 2023 Jun 14;14:1212641. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1212641

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
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)