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Characterization of colonic dendritic cells in normal and colitic mice.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Oct 2005
Cruickshank Sheena M, English Nicholas R, Felsburg Peter J, Carding Simon R
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AIM: Recent studies demonstrating the direct involvement of dendritic cells (DC) in the activation of pathogenic T cells in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease identify DC as important antigen presenting cells in the colon. However, very little is known about the properties of colonic DC. METHODS: Using immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and flow cytometry we have characterized and compared colonic...
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