A retinoic acid–dependent checkpoint in the development of CD4+ T cell–mediated immunity
Open Access
- 22 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 208 (9), 1767-1775
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20102358
Abstract
It is known that vitamin A and its metabolite, retinoic acid (RA), are essential for host defense. However, the mechanisms for how RA controls inflammation are incompletely understood. The findings presented in this study show that RA signaling occurs concurrent with the development of inflammation. In models of vaccination and allogeneic graft rejection, whole body imaging reveals that RA signaling is temporally and spatially restricted to the site of inflammation. Conditional ablation of RA signaling in T cells significantly interferes with CD4+ T cell effector function, migration, and polarity. These findings provide a new perspective of the role of RA as a mediator directly controlling CD4+ T cell differentiation and immunity.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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