The tolerogenic interplay(s) among HLA-G, myeloid APCs, and regulatory cells

Blood. 2011 Dec 15;118(25):6499-505. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-07-370742. Epub 2011 Sep 29.

Abstract

Myeloid antigen-presenting cells (APCs), regulatory cells, and the HLA-G molecule are involved in modulating immune responses and promoting tolerance. APCs are known to induce regulatory cells and to express HLA-G as well as 2 of its receptors; regulatory T cells can express and act through HLA-G; and HLA-G has been directly involved in the generation of regulatory cells. Thus, interplay(s) among HLA-G, APCs, and regulatory cells can be easily envisaged. However, despite a large body of evidence on the tolerogenic properties of HLA-G, APCs, and regulatory cells, little is known on how these tolerogenic players cooperate. In this review, we first focus on key aspects of the individual relationships between HLA-G, myeloid APCs, and regulatory cells. In its second part, we highlight recent work that gathers individual effects and demonstrates how intertwined the HLA-G/myeloid APCs/regulatory cell relationship is.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antigen-Presenting Cells / immunology*
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • HLA-G Antigens / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance / immunology*
  • Models, Immunological
  • Myeloid Cells / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology*

Substances

  • HLA-G Antigens