Identification of novel oligonucleotides from mitochondrial DNA that spontaneously induce plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-135

  Ries, Moritz ^a   Schuster, Philipp ^a   Thomann, Sabrina ^a   Donhauser, Norbert ^a   Vollmer, Jörg ^b   Schmidt, Barbara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Nexigen GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Damage associated molecular pattern; IFN ; Immune activation

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; ALPHA INTERFERON; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CELL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NECROPTOSIS; NECROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNITY; DAMAGE-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; IFN-Α; IMMUNE ACTIVATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84879599357     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0612278     Document Type: Article

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