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Dendritic cells in vivo and in vitro.
Cellular & molecular immunology - 1 Feb 2005
Wan Hui, Dupasquier Marcel
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Dendritic cells (DC) are crucial cells of the immune system, and bridge the essential connection between innate and adaptive immunity. They reside in the periphery as sentinels where they take up antigens. Upon activation, they migrate to lymphoid organs and present there the processed antigens to T cells, thereby activating them and eliciting a potent immune response. Dendritic cells are bone marrow-derived...
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