Cell
Volume 100, Issue 5, 3 March 2000, Pages 575-585
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Identification of DC-SIGN, a Novel Dendritic Cell–Specific ICAM-3 Receptor that Supports Primary Immune Responses

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Abstract

Contact between dendritic cells (DC) and resting T cells is essential to initiate a primary immune response. Here, we demonstrate that ICAM-3 expressed by resting T cells is important in this first contact with DC. We discovered that instead of the common ICAM-3 receptors LFA-1 and αDβ2, a novel DC-specific C-type lectin, DC-SIGN, binds ICAM-3 with high affinity. DC-SIGN, which is abundantly expressed by DC both in vitro and in vivo, mediates transient adhesion with T cells. Since antibodies against DC-SIGN inhibit DC-induced proliferation of resting T cells, our findings predict that DC-SIGN enables T cell receptor engagement by stabilization of the DC–T cell contact zone.

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