Research Projects

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

Clarification of peripheral tolerance mechanism involved in the onset of autoimmune skin diseases

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Grant number
26253065
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP26253065
Grant amount
(Total)
41,470,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
31,900,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
9,570,000 Japanese Yen
Grant type
Competitive

Utilizing desmoglein3 (Dsg3)-specific T cells (H1 T cells), two experimental models were established for clarification and analysis of peripheral immune tolerance mechanism. In the first model, we made mice, which lack Dsg3 only in the thymus by applying thymus transplantation into Nude mice, and then performed bone marrow transplantation to these mice from H1-tg mice. In these mice, H1 T cells matured in Dsg3 deficient thymus, and then, disappeared in Dsg3 expressing periphery. In the other model, H1 T cells existing in the periphery of H1-Dsg3-/- mice were adoptively transferred into WT mice. In these WT mice, H1 T cells disappeared after proliferation. Taking advantage of these models, we clarified that peripheral immune tolerance mechanism is initiated by antigen presentation to H1 T cells in skin-draining lymph node, and divided into proliferation phase and disappearance phase, orchestrated by some kinds of cell populations.

Link information
URL
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/file/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26253065/26253065seika.pdf
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26253065
ID information
  • Grant number : 26253065
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP26253065