Cutting Edge: Active TGF-β1 Released from GARP/TGF-β1 Complexes on the Surface of Stimulated Human B Lymphocytes Increases Class-Switch Recombination and Production of IgA.
(2017) Journal of Immunology — Vol. 199, n° 2, p. 391-396 (2017)
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- Production of active TGF-β is regulated at a posttranslational level and implies release of the mature cytokine dimer from the inactive, latent TGF-β precursor. There are several cell-type specific mechanisms of TGF-β activation. We identified a new mechanism operating on the surface of human regulatory T cells and involving membrane protein GARP, which binds latent TGF-β1. The paracrine activity of regulatory T cell-derived TGF-β1 contributes to immunosuppression and can be inhibited with anti-GARP Abs. Whether other immune cell types use surface GARP to activate latent TGF-β1 was not known. We show in this study that stimulated, human B lymphocytes produce active TGF-β1 from surface GARP/latent TGF-β1 complexes with isotype switching to IgA production.
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Dedobbeleer, O., Stockis, J., van der Woning, B., Coulie, P., & Lucas, S. (2017). Cutting Edge: Active TGF-β1 Released from GARP/TGF-β1 Complexes on the Surface of Stimulated Human B Lymphocytes Increases Class-Switch Recombination and Production of IgA. Journal of Immunology, 199(2), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1601882 (Original work published 2017)