Review Article

Dendritic Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Pathogenic Players to Therapeutic Tools

Table 2

DCs in SLE.

Markers used to identify subsetReferenceFrequencyPhenotypeFunction

BDCA1+Fiore et al. [78]↓ blood in active disease and
↑ kidney in active disease
DCs in kidney were immature (DC-LAMP), localized to tubulointerstitium

BDCA3+Fiore et al. [78]↓↓ blood and
↑ kidney in active disease
DCs in kidney were immature (DC-LAMP), localized to tubulointerstitium, with elongated processes

BDCA1+ CD11c+ BDCA4 CD19Jin et al. [91]↓ in blood per total PBMC↓ CD83, especially in active disease,
normal HLA-DR, CD86, and CCR7

HLA-DR+ Lin CD4+Scheinecker et al. [76]↓ in blood↓ CD40+, B7+, and CD11c+↓ T cell proliferation in MLR

BDCA1+ CD11c+Tucci et al. [82]Normal in blood, relatively few in kidney

CD11c+ LinCrispín et al. [83]↑ in blood (though not significant)↑ CD86+, CD80+, normal HLA-DR+, and CD40+Normal T cell proliferation in MLR, moDCs fail to increase costimulatory molecule expression upon activation

CD14Gerl et al. [81]na↑ CD86, BAFF, normal HLA-DR, CD83, CD40, CCR7, CCR1, and CCR5 and ↓ CMKLR1

Adherent, monocyte-derived DCs (MDDCs)Ding et al. [93]na↑ CD86, CD80, HLA-DR, and CD1a and
↓ CD83 after 5–7 d culture
↑ T cell proliferation in MLR

CD14+ sorted, monocyte-derived DCs (MDDCs)Köller et al. [92]na↓ HLA-DR after 8–10 d culture, normal CD86, CD83, CD80, CD40, CD54, and CD33↑ antigen-specific T cell proliferation and normal MLR

M-DC8 (slanDCs)Hänsel et al. [53]↑ in skin of patients with cutaneous LE and “strong inflammation” SLEIn situ TNF production in cutaneous LE↑ TNFα production by healthy donor slanDCs in response to SLE serum compared with control serum