Review Article

Overlapping, Additive and Counterregulatory Effects of Type II and I Interferons on Myeloid Dendritic Cell Functions

Table 1

Type II and I IFN overlapping effects on dendritic cells. The scheme depicted resumes the most important overlapping effects of type II and I IFNs on DCs. Numbers refer to references as reported in the References section.

IFN-γIFN-γ and IFN-α/β overlapping effectsIFN-α/β

[17, 26, 27]Potentiate CD40L stimulation of DCs[2, 2832]
[17, 33]Potentiate CD8 T-cell stimulation by DCs[34]
[17, 21, 33]Potentiate IFN-γ production, by cocultured T cells[17, 21, 33]
[17, 26, 27, 32, 35]Potentiate IL-12p70 and IL-6 production, by DCs[17, 26, 27, 32, 35]
[17, 21]Potentiate CCR7-driven migration of DCs (controversial)[24, 25, 32, 36, 37]
[17, 38, 39]Induce CD38 in DCs[28, 40]
[26, 27, 35, 41, 42]Stimulate production of CXCL9 and CXCL10 by DCs[24, 25, 43]
[8, 4448]Can block APC capacity of DCs (via expression of B7-H1 and IDO by DCs)[49]
[8, 50]Potentiate IL-27 production by DCs, reduce OPN[2, 28, 5158]
[17, 26, 27]Upregulate MHC class I (and II) molecules in DCs[59, 60]
[6164]Increase IL-15 production and transpresentation by DCs[61, 62, 6570]
To be testedIncrease T and NK cells activation and maintenance[60]
Frasca and Lande, unpublishedInduce CD70 upregulation on DCsFrasca and Lande, unpublished [63, 71]