TABLE 3

Effect of IL-10 on immune cells (Asadullah et al., 1999b)

Cell Population Suppression Induction Reference
Langerhans cells Antigen presentation Enk et al., 1993
Dermal dendritic cells CD86 expression, antigen presentation Mitra et al., 1995
Monocytes/macrophages TNF-α, IL-1, 6, 8, 12 production, expression of MHC class II, CD86, CD54, CD40, antigen presentation IL-1RA production Soluble TNF receptors De Waal Malefyt et al., 1991a; Fiorentino et al., 1991b; D'Andrea et al., 1993; Jenkins et al., 1994; Hart et al., 1996
Eosinophils IL-8, GM-CSF liberation Takanaski et al., 1994, Nakajima et al., 1996
Neutrophils TNF-α, IL-1, IL-8 production IL-1RA production Cassatella et al., 1994; Jenkins, 1994
Mast cells TNF-α production Growth Lin and Befus, 1997
Antigen-induced histamine liberation Thompson-Snipes et al., 1991
T cells IL-2 and IFN-γ production, mitogen-induced proliferation Matsuda et al., 1994
NK cells Cytotoxicity Carson et al., 1995
B cells Growth, IgE synthesis Uejima et al., 1996, Pistoia, 1997
Keratinocytes TNF-α, IL-6 secretion capacity (?) Bécherel et al., 1995; Seifert et al., 2000, 2002
Endothelial cells No effects E-Selection expression Vora et al., 1996