Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Myeloid apolipoprotein E controls dendritic cell antigen presentation and T cell activation

  • Fabrizia Bonacina,
  • David Coe,
  • Guosu Wang,
  • Maria P. Longhi,
  • Andrea Baragetti,
  • Annalisa Moregola,
  • Katia Garlaschelli,
  • Patrizia Uboldi,
  • Fabio Pellegatta,
  • Liliana Grigore,
  • Lorenzo Da Dalt,
  • Andrea Annoni,
  • Silvia Gregori,
  • Qingzhong Xiao,
  • Donatella Caruso,
  • Nico Mitro,
  • Alberico L. Catapano,
  • Federica M. Marelli-Berg,
  • Giuseppe D. Norata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05322-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Cholesterol homeostasis can modulate immunity via multiple pathways. Here the authors show that apolipoprotein E, an important regulator of cholesterol, produced by myeloid cells can regulate T cell activation by controlling the antigen presentation activity of dendritic cells in both humans and mice.