Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.

Stromal cells (SC) are an important component of decidual tissues where they are in strict proximity with both NK and CD14(+) myelomonocytic cells that play a role in the maintenance of pregnancy. In this study we analyzed whether decidual SC (DSC) could exert a regulatory role on NK and CD14(+) cel...

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Main Authors: Daniele Croxatto, Paola Vacca, Francesca Canegallo, Romana Conte, Pier Luigi Venturini, Lorenzo Moretta, Maria Cristina Mingari
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089006&type=printable
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Paola Vacca
Francesca Canegallo
Romana Conte
Pier Luigi Venturini
Lorenzo Moretta
Maria Cristina Mingari
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description Stromal cells (SC) are an important component of decidual tissues where they are in strict proximity with both NK and CD14(+) myelomonocytic cells that play a role in the maintenance of pregnancy. In this study we analyzed whether decidual SC (DSC) could exert a regulatory role on NK and CD14(+) cells that migrate from peripheral blood (PB) to decidua during pregnancy. We show that DSCs inhibit the IL15-mediated up-regulation of major activating NK receptors in PB-derived NK cells. In addition, the IL15-induced NK cell proliferation, cytolytic activity and IFN-γ production were severely impaired. DSCs sharply inhibited dendritic cells differentiation and their ability to induce allogeneic T cell proliferation. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) mediated the inhibitory effect of DSCs. Our results strongly suggest an important role of DSCs in preventing potentially dangerous immune response, thus contributing to maintenance of pregnancy.
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spelling doaj-art-efda6a9d16014b5f85dc23301afa11fe2025-08-20T02:15:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0192e8900610.1371/journal.pone.0089006Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.Daniele CroxattoPaola VaccaFrancesca CanegalloRomana ContePier Luigi VenturiniLorenzo MorettaMaria Cristina MingariStromal cells (SC) are an important component of decidual tissues where they are in strict proximity with both NK and CD14(+) myelomonocytic cells that play a role in the maintenance of pregnancy. In this study we analyzed whether decidual SC (DSC) could exert a regulatory role on NK and CD14(+) cells that migrate from peripheral blood (PB) to decidua during pregnancy. We show that DSCs inhibit the IL15-mediated up-regulation of major activating NK receptors in PB-derived NK cells. In addition, the IL15-induced NK cell proliferation, cytolytic activity and IFN-γ production were severely impaired. DSCs sharply inhibited dendritic cells differentiation and their ability to induce allogeneic T cell proliferation. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) mediated the inhibitory effect of DSCs. Our results strongly suggest an important role of DSCs in preventing potentially dangerous immune response, thus contributing to maintenance of pregnancy.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089006&type=printable
spellingShingle Daniele Croxatto
Paola Vacca
Francesca Canegallo
Romana Conte
Pier Luigi Venturini
Lorenzo Moretta
Maria Cristina Mingari
Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
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title Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
title_full Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
title_fullStr Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
title_full_unstemmed Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
title_short Stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on NK cell function and dendritic cell differentiation.
title_sort stromal cells from human decidua exert a strong inhibitory effect on nk cell function and dendritic cell differentiation
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089006&type=printable
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