Imaging

@article{mueller_emerging_2012,

title = {Emerging Functions of RANKL in Lymphoid Tissues},

author = {Christopher G Mueller and Estelle Hess},

doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2012.00261},

issn = {1664-3224},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-01-01},

journal = {Frontiers in Immunology},

volume = {3},

pages = {261},

abstract = {The tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) members play pivotal roles in embryonic development of lymphoid tissue and their homeostasis. RANKL (Receptor activator of NF-κB ligand, also called TRANCE, TNFSF11) is recognized as an important player in bone homeostasis and lymphoid tissue formation. In its absence bone mass control is deregulated and lymph nodes fail to develop. While its function in bone is well described, there is still little functional insight into the action of RANKL in lymphoid tissue development and homeostasis. Here we provide an overview of the known functions of RANKL, its signaling receptor RANK and its decoy receptor OPG from the perspective of lymphoid tissue development and immune activation in the mouse. Expressed by the hematopoietic lymphoid tissue inducing (LTi) cells and the mesenchymal lymphoid tissue organizer (LTo) cells, RANKL was shown to stimulate Lymphotoxin (LT) expression and to be implicated in LTi cell accumulation. Our recent finding that RANKL also triggers proliferation of adult lymph node stroma suggests that RANKL may furthermore directly activate LTo cells. Beyond bone, the RANKL-RANK-OPG triad plays important roles in immunobiology that are waiting to be unraveled.},

keywords = {LTi, LTo, LYMPH NODE, lymphoid organs, OPG, stroma, Team-Mueller, TNFSF11, TRANCE},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{cremer_long-lived_2002,

title = {Long-lived immature dendritic cells mediated by TRANCE-RANK interaction},

author = {I Cremer and M C Dieu-Nosjean and S Mar�chal and C Dezutter-Dambuyant and S Goddard and D Adams and N Winter and C Menetrier-Caux and C Saut�s-Fridman and W H Fridman and C G F Mueller},

year  = {2002},

date = {2002-01-01},

journal = {Blood},

volume = {100},

number = {10},

pages = {3646--3655},

abstract = {Immature dendritic cells (DCs) reside in Interstitial tissues (Int-DC) or in the epidermis, where they capture antigen and, thereafter, mature and migrate to draining lymph nodes (LNs), where they present processed antigen to T cells. We have Identified Int-DCs that express both TRANCE (tumor necrosis factor-related activation-induced cytokine) and RANK (receptor activator of NF-kappaB) and have generated these cells from CD34(+) human progenitor cells using macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). These CD34(+)-derived Int-DCs, which are related to macrophages, are long-lived, but addition of soluble RANK leads to significant reduction of cell viability and BcI-2 expression. This suggests that constitutive TRANCE-RANK interaction is responsible for CD34(+)-derived Int-DC longevity. Conversely, CD1a(+) DCs express only RANK and are short-lived. However, they can be rescued from cell death either by recombinant soluble TRANCE or by CD34(+)-derived Int-DCs. CD34(+)-derived Int-DCs mature in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus CD40 ligand (L) and become capable of CCL21/CCL19-mediated chemotaxis and naive T-cell activation. Upon maturation, they lose TRANCE, making them, like CD1a(+) DCs, dependent on exogenous TRANCE for survival. These findings provide evidence that TRANCE and RANK play important roles in the homeostasis of DCs. (C) 2002 by The American Society of Hematology},

keywords = {Activation, Antigen, CD40, CD40 Ligand, CHEMOTAXIS, Cytokines, Dendritic Cells, Epidermis, Expression, Homeostasis, Human, IMMATURE, l, ligand, lipopolysaccharide, Longevity, LPS, LYMPH, LYMPH NODE, Lymph Nodes, M-CSF, Macrophage, Macrophages, Maturation, naive, Necrosis, NF-kappaB, PROGENITOR CELLS, rank, Receptor, survival, T CELL ACTIVATION, T CELLS, Team-Mueller, TRANCE, tumor, viability},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}