Figure 3.
TGF-β and retinoic acid are coexpressed by lung tissue MØs. (A) Lung tissue MØs and DCs were isolated ex vivo from naive, unmanipulated, unsensitized mice, and mRNA expression of TGF-β1, IL-10, RALDH1, and RALDH2 was measured by qPCR. Results are depicted as relative expression compared with L32 ± SD from three independent experiments. ND, not detectable. (B) Lung tissue MØs were cultured with Foxp3− OT-II CD4 T cells at a ratio of 1:5 APCs/T cells in the presence of OVA peptide. After 5 d, the expression of Foxp3 in gated CD4 T cells was analyzed. Neutralizing anti–TGF-β1, isotype control IgG, RAR antagonist LE540 in DMSO, or vehicle control DMSO was added as indicated. Data are representative of three independent experiments.