Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Natural amines inhibit activation of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells through CXCR4 engagement

  • Nikaïa Smith,
  • Nicolas Pietrancosta,
  • Sophia Davidson,
  • Jacques Dutrieux,
  • Lise Chauveau,
  • Pasquale Cutolo,
  • Michel Dy,
  • Daniel Scott-Algara,
  • Bénédicte Manoury,
  • Onofrio Zirafi,
  • Isabelle McCort-Tranchepain,
  • Thierry Durroux,
  • Françoise Bachelerie,
  • Olivier Schwartz,
  • Jan Münch,
  • Andreas Wack,
  • Sébastien Nisole,
  • Jean-Philippe Herbeuval

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14253
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells produce type I interferons in response to viral sensing. Here the authors show that amines inhibit these plasmacytoid dendritic cell responses through CXCR4 engagement.