Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the loss of tolerance toward self-antigens and the induction of destructive immune responses leading to tissue damage. Most patients with autoimmune diseases are treated with immunosuppressive drugs that suppress the immune response in a non-specific fashion, which is inevitably accompanied by several side effects. Antigen-specific immunomodulation and patient-tailored therapies are likely to solve these issues and to elicit long-term protection against disease flares. This Viewpoint analyzes the potential use of DC for induction of antigen-specific tolerance in autoimmune disease settings.

Dendritic cells in tolerance induction for the treatment of autoimmune diseases / M. Rescigno. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0014-2980. - 40:8(2010 Aug), pp. 2119-2123. [10.1002/eji.201040474]

Dendritic cells in tolerance induction for the treatment of autoimmune diseases

M. Rescigno
2010

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by the loss of tolerance toward self-antigens and the induction of destructive immune responses leading to tissue damage. Most patients with autoimmune diseases are treated with immunosuppressive drugs that suppress the immune response in a non-specific fashion, which is inevitably accompanied by several side effects. Antigen-specific immunomodulation and patient-tailored therapies are likely to solve these issues and to elicit long-term protection against disease flares. This Viewpoint analyzes the potential use of DC for induction of antigen-specific tolerance in autoimmune disease settings.
CD103; DC; TGF-β; tolerance; TSLP; animals; autoantigens; autoimmune diseases; dendritic cells; humans; immune tolerance; mice; precision medicine; immunotherapy; immunology; immunology and allergy
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