EpCAM-dependent extracellular vesicles from intestinal epithelial cells maintain intestinal tract immune balance

oleh: Lingling Jiang, Yingying Shen, Danfeng Guo, Diya Yang, Jiajun Liu, Xuefeng Fei, Yunshan Yang, Buyi Zhang, Zhendong Lin, Fei Yang, Xiaojian Wang, Keyi Wang, Jianli Wang, Zhijian Cai

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01

Deskripsi

The intestinal tract is continually exposed to foreign material and gut homeostasis is dependent on tolerance. Here, the authors show that extracellular vesicles released from intestinal epithelial cells stimulate T regulatory cells and immunosuppressive dendritic cells.