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James L. Kreindler, Chad Steele, Nikki Nguyen, Yvonne R. Chan, Joseph M. Pilewski, John F. Alcorn, Yatin M. Vyas, Shean J. Aujla, Peter Finelli, Megan Blanchard, Steven F. Zeigler, Alison Logar, Elizabeth Hartigan, Marcia Kurs-Lasky, Howard Rockette, Anuradha Ray, Jay K. Kolls
Published in Volume 120, Issue 9
J Clin Invest. 2010; 120(9):3242–3254 doi:10.1172/JCI42388
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Figure 10
Vitamin D deficiency increases Th2 priming of CD11c+ DCs.

(A) Ova-specific IL-5 and IL-13 response in Th2-polarized cells differentiated with splenic CD11c+ DCs from vitamin D–sufficient or –deficient mice (n = 6–8). (B) Relative gene expression of Tgfb1 and Tnfsf4 in splenic CD11c+ DCs from vitamin D–deficient or –sufficient mice, before and after treatment with 1,25 OH-vitamin D3. (C) Relative gene expression of Il13 and Foxp3 in DC/T cell cultures, in which CD11c+ DCs were from vitamin D–deficient or –sufficient mice, before and after treatment with vehicle or 1,25 OH-vitamin D3. (B and C) *P < 0.05 by Mann-Whitney, compared with the vitamin D–sufficient group; **P < 0.05 by Mann-Whitney compared with the vitamin D–deficient group. (D) Effect of sOX40L on Th2 differentiation in the presence or absence of 1,25 OH-vitamin D3. *P < 0.05 by Mann-Whitney, compared with the vitamin D–deficient group; **P < 0.05 by Mann-Whitney compared with the vitamin D–deficient group treated with 1,25 OH-vitamin D3.