| First Author | Liu D | Year | 2013 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 191 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 1957-64 |
| PubMed ID | 23858029 | Mgi Jnum | J:205687 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5546258 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.1300267 |
| Citation | Liu D, et al. (2013) Inhibition of CD8+ T cell-derived CD40 signals is necessary but not sufficient for Foxp3+ induced regulatory T cell generation in vivo. J Immunol 191(4):1957-64 |
| abstractText | Current models of CD4(+) T cell help suggest a major role for CD154 binding to CD40 expressed on dendritic cells, with a lesser role for direct T:T interactions via CD40 expressed on CD8(+) T cells. However, the contribution of CD8(+) T cell-derived CD40 signals during the donor-reactive T cell response to a transplant has never been studied. In this study, we examined the graft-rejection kinetics and CD4(+) and CD8(+) donor-reactive T cell responses under conditions in which CD40 was genetically ablated only on APC, as well as under conditions in which CD40 was genetically ablated only on donor-reactive CD8(+) T cells. Our results revealed a significant role for CD8(+) T cell-expressed CD40 in the augmentation of donor-reactive CD8(+) T cell responses following transplantation and showed that CD40 expressed on CD8(+) T cells must be inhibited to allow conversion of CD4(+) T cells into induced regulatory T cells. Thus, this study identifies a major role for CD8(+) T cell-derived CD40 signals as a critical switch factor that both promotes optimal differentiation of cytokine-producing CD8(+) effector T cell responses and inhibits the differentiation of Ag-specific Foxp3(+) induced regulatory T cells in vivo. |
