Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

CD1d-dependent immune suppression mediated by regulatory B cells through modulations of iNKT cells

  • K. Oleinika,
  • E. C. Rosser,
  • D. E. Matei,
  • K. Nistala,
  • A. Bosma,
  • I. Drozdov,
  • C. Mauri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02911-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Regulatory B cells (Breg) are known to suppress immune responses by secreting interleukin-10 (IL-10). Here the authors show that, alternatively, Bregs may also present lipid antigens on surface CD1d to induce IFN-γ production from invariant natural killer cells to ameliorate experimental arthritis via IL-10-independent pathways.